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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 328

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1245 PM EDT Wed Jun 30 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  East central and northeastern Ohio

  Western and central Pennsylvania

  Extreme northern West Virginia



* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 1245 PM

  until 800 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Scattered thunderstorm clusters are expected to develop

and spread east-northeastward across eastern Ohio and Pennsylvania

through the afternoon and evening, with an attendant threat for

damaging winds.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70

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

Elmira NY to 40 miles south southwest of Akron OH. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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 326...WW 327...



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 500. Mean storm motion vector

26030.



...Thompson

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