Tornado Watch Issued for Portions of Northeast US

The National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center has issued a Tornado Watch for parts of Massachusetts, Western Maine, New Hampshire, Northeast New York, and Vermont. The watch is in effect from 100 PM EDT on Sunday, June 23, 2024, until 800 PM EDT. Thunderstorms are expected to develop in the afternoon, tracking eastward across the watch area, with supercells capable of producing damaging winds, hail, and a few tornadoes.

Key Takeaways:

• The Tornado Watch affects areas approximately 85 statute miles north and south of a line from 65 miles southwest of Saranac Lake, NY, to 25 miles south-southeast of Augusta, ME.
• Thunderstorms are expected to develop in the afternoon, tracking eastward across the watch area, with supercells capable of damaging winds, hail, and a few tornadoes.
• A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for tornadoes and 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.
• Aircraft may encounter tornadoes, severe thunderstorms with hail, extreme turbulence, and surface wind gusts reaching 60 knots.
• Cumulonimbus clouds with maximum tops to 500 may develop in the area.

Statistics:

• The watch area spans approximately 85 statute miles north and south of the reference line.
• The watch is in effect from 100 PM EDT on Sunday, June 23, 2024, until 800 PM EDT.
• The primary threats include a few tornadoes, scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph, and scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter.

Sources:

• NWS Storm Prediction Center: Tornado Watch Number 448, issued June 23, 2024, at 100 PM EDT.