WW 488 SEVERE TSTM IN OH LE 231110Z – 231800Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 488 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 710 AM EDT Sat Jul 23 2022 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Northern Indiana Northwestern to central Ohio Lake Erie * Effective this Saturday morning and afternoon from 710 AM until 200 PM EDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible SUMMARY...An increasingly organized complex of severe thunderstorms will move into a destabilizing air mass across parts of northern Indiana and Ohio the remainder of this morning into early afternoon, offering mainly damaging/severe gusts. Isolated large hail is possible, and a line-embedded tornado cannot be ruled out. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55 statute miles either side of a line from 45 miles south southwest of South Bend IN to 45 miles east southeast of Findlay 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 487... 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 29035. ...Edwards
