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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 75

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

245 PM EDT Fri May 4 2018



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Western and Central New York

  Eastern Ohio

  Western and Central Pennsylvania

  Northern West Virginia Panhandle

  Lake Erie

  Lake Ontario



* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 245 PM until

  900 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Widespread damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 80

    mph likely

  Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms over Ohio will race eastward across the

watch area this afternoon, posing a risk of widespread damaging wind

gusts.  A few reports of significant wind damage are possible.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 85

statute miles north and south of a line from 15 miles north

northeast of Utica NY to 35 miles northwest of Wheeling WV. 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 74...



AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70 knots. A few

cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 400. Mean storm motion vector

25045.



...Hart

