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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 108
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
250 PM EDT Tue Apr 14 2026

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Northwest Connecticut
  Western Massachusetts
  New York
  Far Northeast Pennsylvania
  Southern Vermont

* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 250 PM until
  1000 PM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Thunderstorms should continue to increase in coverage and
intensity while posing a threat for mainly scattered damaging winds.
Peak gusts could reach up to 60-70 mph. Isolated hail and perhaps a
tornado or two may occur with any supercells along/near a front in
northern New York/southern Vermont.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 80
statute miles east and west of a line from 35 miles north of Glens
Falls NY to 25 miles west southwest of Monticello NY. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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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
27040.

...Gleason