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WWUS20 KWNS 132230

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SPC WW 132230

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 176

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

630 PM EDT Wed Jun 13 2018



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Extreme Eastern Ohio

  Western and Central Pennsylvania

  Northern West Virginia Panhandle



* Effective this Wednesday evening from 630 PM until 1100 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Storms developing along an advancing cold front are

expected to progress eastward this evening posing a threat for

primarily damaging wind gusts and isolated hail.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 90

statute miles east and west of a line from 45 miles north of State

College PA to 40 miles south southeast of Latrobe PA. 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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 175...



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

27030.



...Weiss

