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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 402

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

125 PM EDT Fri Jul 7 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Southern and eastern Ohio

  Far southwest Pennsylvania

  Northern and central West Virginia



* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 125 PM until

  900 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75

    mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Line of strong to isolated thunderstorms over central Ohio

may intensify as it shifts southeast towards and across the Ohio

River this afternoon. Damaging winds will be the primary hazard.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70

statute miles either side of a line from 15 miles northeast of

Wheeling WV to 60 miles south southeast of Athens OH. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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 401...



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

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

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector

30030.



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