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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 51

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

325 AM EST Wed Mar 1 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Northern Ohio

  Lake Erie



* Effective this Wednesday morning from 325 AM until 800 AM EST.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Line of strong to severe thunderstorms will move quickly

eastward across northern Ohio through the early morning hours, with

a continuing risk for damaging gusts.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75

statute miles east and west of a line from 35 miles north northeast

of Cleveland OH to 25 miles south southwest of Mansfield OH. For a

complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline

update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



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 45...WW 46...WW 47...WW

48...WW 49...WW 50...



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 450. Mean storm motion vector

27050.



...Thompson

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