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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 483

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1040 AM EDT Thu Jul 3 2025



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 

  Maine

  New Hampshire



* Effective this Thursday morning and evening from 1040 AM until

  600 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorm coverage is expected to increase across the

region over the next few hours, with multiple rounds of storms

possible. Environmental conditions support supercells capable of

large hail with the initial more discrete development. With time, a

trend towards a more linear mode is anticipated. As this occurs, the

primary hazard will transition from large hail to damaging gusts.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 80

statute miles east and west of a line from 45 miles north of Houlton

ME to 35 miles southwest of Portsmouth NH. For a complete depiction

of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS

WOU3).



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

2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector

26035.



...Mosier