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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 306

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

350 PM EDT Sat Jun 1 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Northern Ohio

  Lake Erie



* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 350 PM until

  1000 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are tracking across Lake Erie, and are

expected to spread across the watch area this afternoon.  The

strongest cells will pose a risk of damaging wind gusts and hail.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 30

statute miles north and south of a line from 20 miles north

northwest of Findlay OH to 50 miles east northeast of Cleveland OH.

For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch

outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 302...WW 303...WW

304...WW 305...



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 500. Mean storm motion vector

27035.



...Hart

