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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 345

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

330 PM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Southwest New York

  Eastern Ohio

  Western and Central Pennsylvania

  Far northern West Virginia



* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 330 PM

  until 1100 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Multiple clusters of storms will continue to

develop/intensify as they move east-northeastward across the region

through late afternoon into evening. Damaging winds are the primary

concern.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65

statute miles north and south of a line from 20 miles north of

Youngstown OH to 40 miles northeast of State College PA. 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 342...WW 343...WW 344...



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

1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A few

cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector

22020.



...Guyer

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