WW 105 SEVERE TSTM NY OH PA WV LE 011555Z – 012200Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 105 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1155 AM EDT Sat Apr 1 2023 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Western New York Eastern Ohio Western and Central Pennsylvania Far Northern West Virginia Lake Erie * Effective this Saturday morning and evening from 1155 AM until 600 PM EDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible A tornado or two possible SUMMARY...Bands of storms will continue to organize and intensify and rapidly move east-northeastward across the region through the afternoon, with corridors of damaging wind gusts aside from some hail. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 80 statute miles north and south of a line from 30 miles west of Akron OH to 30 miles east northeast of Bradford PA. For a complete 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. && 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 400. Mean storm motion vector 25045. ...Guyer
