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SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 490

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 490

[html]WW 490 SEVERE TSTM OH PA WV 231540Z - 232200Z
     
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 490
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1140 AM EDT Sat Jul 23 2022

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Eastern Ohio
  Western Pennsylvania
  Northern West Virginia

* Effective this Saturday morning and evening from 1140 AM until
  600 PM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible

SUMMARY...A cluster of storms across central Ohio at late morning
will continue to progress east-southeastward this afternoon toward
eastern Ohio, northern West Virginia and far western Pennsylvania.
Strong to severe wind gusts will remain a possibility this
afternoon.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50
statute miles east and west of a line from 20 miles east northeast
of Akron OH to 50 miles southeast of Zanesville OH. For a co*plete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

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 488...WW 489...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A few
cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
28030.

...Guyer


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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 490 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0490.html)