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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 184

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1235 PM EDT Mon May 1 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Far western Maryland Panhandle

  Far eastern Ohio

  Western Pennsylvania

  Northern West Virginia



* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 1235 PM until

  700 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts

    to 75 mph possible



SUMMARY...Line of storms along a cold front will accelerate

east-northeast this afternoon with damaging winds and a couple

tornadoes as the primary hazards.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 105 statute miles

either side of a line from 40 miles northwest of Wheeling WV to 25

miles northeast of Latrobe PA. For a complete depiction of the watch

see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for

tornadoes and 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.



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AVIATION...Tornadoes and 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 450. Mean

storm motion vector 24045.



...Grams

