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SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 605

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 605

[html]WW 605 SEVERE TSTM OH PA WV LE 061540Z - 062300Z
     
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 605
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1140 AM EDT Tue Aug 6 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Northeast Ohio
  Western and Central Pennsylvania
  Northern Panhandle of West Virginia
  Lake Erie

* Effective this Tuesday morning and evening from 1140 AM until
  700 PM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
    to 75 mph possible
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
    inches in diameter possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Multiple rounds of strong to severe thunderstorms are
expected to develop and traverse the watch area through the
afternoon.  Locally damaging wind gusts and some hail are the main
concerns.  A tornado or two is also possible later this afternoon.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50
statute miles north and south of a line from 20 miles west of
Mansfield OH to 45 miles northeast of Harrisburg PA. For a co*plete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

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.

&&

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...c*NTINUE...WW 603...WW 604...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
28035.

...Hart


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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 605 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0605.html)