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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 243

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

450 PM EDT Sat May 25 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Western Maryland

  Southeast Ohio

  Western Pennsylvania

  Northern West Virginia

  Lake Erie



* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 450 PM until

  1000 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are intensifying over eastern Ohio, and are

expected to spread eastward across the watch area through the late

afternoon and evening.  Damaging winds are the main threat, along

with a risk of some hail.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70

statute miles east and west of a line from 35 miles west northwest

of Bradford PA to 60 miles south southeast of Parkersburg WV. For a

complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline

update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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 238...WW 239...WW

240...WW 241...WW 242...



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

1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A

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

28035.



...Hart

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