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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 509

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1155 AM EST Sun Nov 15 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Central to eastern Ohio

  Western Pennsylvania

  Northern West Virginia Panhandle

  Lake Erie



* Effective this Sunday morning and afternoon from 1155 AM until

  400 PM EST.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75

    mph possible



SUMMARY...Broken band of low-topped thunderstorms should sweep

east-northeast across Ohio into western Pennsylvania this afternoon

with a continued risk of strong to severe wind gusts.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60

statute miles north and south of a line from 40 miles northwest of

Zanesville OH to 5 miles northeast of Franklin PA. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



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

0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 300. Mean storm motion vector

25050.



...Grams

