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WUUS51 KILN 172150
SVRILN
OHC089-172245-
/O.NEW.KILN.SV.W.0064.240417T2150Z-240417T2245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
550 PM EDT Wed Apr 17 2024

The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Licking County in central Ohio...

* Until 645 PM EDT.

* At 550 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 6 miles southeast of Utica to Granville to Beechwood
  Trails to Bexley, moving east at 55 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vehicles is possible. Expect wind
           damage to trees and power lines.

* Locations impacted include...
  Newark, Reynoldsburg, Heath, Granville, Pataskala, Buckeye Lake,
  Hebron, Hanover, Beechwood Trails, Harbor Hills, Granville South,
  Marne, Etna, Kirkersville, Alexandria, St. Louisville, Gratiot,
  Fredonia, Toboso, and Brownsville.

This includes I-70 in Ohio between mile markers 114 and 142, and near
mile marker 144.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

To report severe weather, go to our website at weather.gov/iln and
submit your report via social media, when you can do so safely.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM EDT for central Ohio.

&&

LAT...LON 3995 8220 3995 8223 3991 8223 3992 8240
      3993 8242 3994 8278 3996 8278 4013 8258
      4024 8236 4024 8218
TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 265DEG 48KT 4019 8233 4006 8249 4002 8262 3997
8292

HAIL THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

McGinnis