SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1215 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2007
...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
ACROSS INTERIOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND BETWEEN 230 AND 5 PM...
A VERY HOT AND HUMID AIRMASS WAS IN PLACE ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. IN RESPONSE TO THIS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHWEST NEW
HAMPSHIRE...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT BETWEEN
230 AND 5 PM.
THE ENVIRONMENT IS FAVORABLE FOR EXPLOSIVE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THE
AREAL COVERAGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS REMAINS UNCERTAIN...BUT ANY
STORMS THAT DEVELOP MAY QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE IN THIS ENVIRONMENT.
THEY WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WIND
GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. IN ADDITION...ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS
WILL CONTAIN A PERIOD OF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WHICH MAY RESULT IN
LOCALIZED FLOODING ALONG WITH DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
THE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL TRACK EASTWARD THIS
EVENING AND SHOULD REACH THE COASTAL PLAIN BETWEEN 7 AND 10 PM. THE
ATMOSPHERE WILL STILL SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS REGION LATER THIS EVENING.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OUR WEBSITE AT
WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON FOR POSSIBLE WATCHES AND WARNINGS. BE READY TO
TAKE COVER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.
|posted by Sam Lillo @ 6/27/2007 12:50:00 PM