WW 128 SEVERE TSTM KY OH PA LE 051805Z – 060000Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 128 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 205 PM EDT Wed Apr 5 2023 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Northeast Kentucky Much of Ohio Northwest Pennsylvania Lake Erie * Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 205 PM until 800 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...Thunderstorms over eastern Indiana and northwest Ohio will track quickly eastward across the watch area this afternoon. Damaging winds are the main threat along the leading edge of these storms. An isolated tornado or two may occur. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles east and west of a line from 55 miles north northeast of Cleveland OH to 55 miles southeast of Cincinnati OH. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8). 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...CONTINUE...WW 125...WW 126...WW 127... 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 450. Mean storm motion vector 26035. ...Hart
