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SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 375

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 375

[html]WW 375 SEVERE TSTM OH PA WV 161815Z - 170100Z
     
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 375
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
215 PM EDT Thu Jun 16 2022

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

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

* Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 215 PM until
  900 PM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are expected to
steadily develop across the region this afternoon, initially across
central/northeast Ohio into west/northwest Pennsylvania.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles north and south of a line from 40 miles east southeast
of Franklin PA to 55 miles west southwest of Columbus OH. 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.

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AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
28030.

...Guyer


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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 375 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0375.html)