URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 458
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   440 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2007
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          EASTERN CONNECTICUT
          MUCH OF MASSACHUSETTS
          SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE
          NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 440 PM UNTIL
   1000 PM EDT.
   
   HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES WEST OF
   WESTFIELD MASSACHUSETTS TO 35 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF BOSTON
   MASSACHUSETTS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
   
   REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
   FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
   AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
   THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
   AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY
   DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.
   
   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 456...WW 457...
   
   DISCUSSION...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN NY WILL MOVE
   EASTWARD THIS AFTERNOON INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND...WHILE OTHER
   ISOLATED CELLS FORMS ACROSS REGION.  AIR MASS IS VERY MOIST AND
   UNSTABLE WITH A RISK OF DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL WITH MORE INTENSE
   STORMS.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 27025.

Right now we have a few significant thunderstorms heading our way from New York as well as ones developing in Vermont. These storms could produce wind gusts over 60mph, hail over an inch in diameter as well as rainfall rates of over 2 inches per hour. STAY TUNED.