WW 311 SEVERE TSTM OH LE 152315Z – 160300Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 311 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 715 PM EDT Thu Jun 15 2023 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Northern Ohio Lake Erie * Effective this Thursday evening from 715 PM until 1100 PM EDT. * Primary threats include... Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible A tornado or two possible SUMMARY...Longer-lived supercell along Lake Erie may persist east-southeast in north-central Ohio with an additional cell or two developing southwestward. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 30 statute miles north and south of a line from 55 miles west of Mansfield OH to 50 miles east northeast of Cleveland OH. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1). 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 306...WW 307...WW 308...WW 309...WW 310... 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 32030. ...Grams
