JUST IN: Tornado Watch For Maine

The Storm Prediction Center Has just Issued a Tornado Watch for

• Large Part of Maine
• Coastal Waters

The Following is from The Storm Prediction Center and The Tornado Watch Will expire at 7PM Tonight.

 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 745
 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
 100 PM EDT THU JUL 24 2008

 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
 TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

        A LARGE PART OF MAINE
        COASTAL WATERS

 EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 100 PM UNTIL
 700 PM EDT.

 TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
 TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

 THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE
 MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF
 PORTLAND MAINE TO 40 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF BANGOR MAINE.  FOR
 A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
 OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

 REMEMBER...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.

 OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 744...

 DISCUSSION...N/S LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS WILL
 SLOWLY MOVE EWD ACROSS WRN ME.  STRONG SHEAR AND MLCAPES AOA 1000
 J/KG WITH 70F DEWPOINTS ONSHORE WILL SUPPORT TORNADOES WITH ANY
 SUPERCELL THAT DEVELOPS WITHIN THE LINE.

 AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
 SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
 GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
 MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 18035.