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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 413
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
225 PM EDT Fri Jun 14 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Central and Eastern Ohio
  Southwest Pennsylvania
  Northern West Virginia

* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 225 PM until
  900 PM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...Thunderstorms should continue to strengthen this afternoon
as they spread east-southeastward. The strongest thunderstorms may
be capable of producing large hail around 1-1.5 inches in diameter,
along with severe/damaging winds of 55-70 mph.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50
statute miles north and south of a line from 50 miles northwest of
Athens OH to 25 miles east northeast of Morgantown WV. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

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
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
30035.

...Gleason