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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 67

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

140 PM EDT Sat Mar 28 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  much of Indiana

  much of Ohio

  western Pennsylvania

  the northern West Virginia Panhandle



* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 140 PM until

  800 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are expected to continue to increase in

coverage across the Ohio Valley area this afternoon, with the

stronger storms capable of producing locally damaging winds and

large hail.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60

statute miles north and south of a line from 35 miles east of

Pittsburgh PA to 15 miles north northwest of Terre Haute IN. For a

complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline

update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



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

1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A

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

27040.



...Goss

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