WW 80 SEVERE TSTM OH PA WV LE 251700Z – 260000Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 80
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
100 PM EDT Sat Mar 25 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Eastern Ohio
Western Pennsylvania
Northern West Virginia including the Northern Panhandle
Lake Erie
* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 100 PM until
800 PM EDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
to 75 mph possible
Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY...Fast moving showers and thunderstorms are expected to
track across eastern Ohio into western Pennsylvania this afternoon.
The strongest cells will pose a risk of damaging wind gusts and some
hail.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75
statute miles north and south of a line from 25 miles northwest of
Zanesville OH to 5 miles east northeast of Dubois PA. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
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.
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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 79...
AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A few
cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 400. Mean storm motion vector
25040.
...Hart
