WW 63 SEVERE TSTM OH WV 302045Z – 310200Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 63 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 445 PM EDT Sat Mar 30 2024 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Central and east central Ohio Northern West Virginia and the northern West Virginia Panhandle * Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 445 PM until 1000 PM EDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible Isolated damaging wind gusts to 60 mph possible SUMMARY...Scattered thunderstorms are developing in central Ohio and will spread east-southeastward through late evening. A couple of supercells are expected with the potential to produce large hail up to 1.5 inches in diameter and damaging wind gusts up to 60 mph. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45 statute miles north and south of a line from 30 miles north northwest of Columbus OH to 10 miles south southeast of Wheeling WV. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3). 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 50 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 400. Mean storm motion vector 30040. ...Thompson
