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WWUS20 KWNS 182052

SEL5

SPC WW 182052

OHZ000-LEZ000-190300-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 325

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

455 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHEAST OHIO

  LAKE ERIE



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 455 PM

  UNTIL 1100 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 40

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 80 MILES WEST OF

CLEVELAND OHIO TO 20 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF YOUNGSTOWN OHIO.

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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 321...WW 322...WW

323...WW 324...



DISCUSSION...A BOWING MCS FROM NEAR DETROIT TO TOLEDO IS EXPECTED TO

CONTINUE EAST-SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS EVENING. DAMAGING

WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD...THOUGH SOME HAIL IS ALSO

POSSIBLE.



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 500. MEAN STORM MOTION

VECTOR 28040.





...MEAD

