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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 195
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
540 PM EDT Sat May 9 2026

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Western New York
  Northeast Ohio
  Northwest Pennsylvania
  Lake Erie
  Lake Ontario

* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 540 PM until
  1100 PM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
  Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...A line of storms will cross the nearby Great Lakes and
move into the region and potentially produce damaging winds and some
hail through evening.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 35
statute miles north and south of a line from 40 miles east of
Buffalo NY to 20 miles west southwest of Cleveland OH. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

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 194...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few
cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector
30025.

...Guyer