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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 108
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
455 PM EDT Sun Apr 14 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Eastern Ohio
  Western and Northern Pennsylvania
  Northern West Virginia Panhandle

* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 455 PM until
  1100 PM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
    inches in diameter possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...A band of thunderstorms is forecast to develop from
eastern Ohio into western and northern Pennsylvania late this
afternoon into the evening.  The thunderstorms will intensify and
the stronger storms will be capable of damaging gusts and large
hail.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55
statute miles north and south of a line from 25 miles south
southwest of Mansfield OH to 10 miles southeast of Wilkesbarre PA.
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.

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AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector
24035.

...Smith