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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 48

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

850 PM EDT Thu Mar 14 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of 

  Southeast Ohio



* Effective this Thursday night and Friday morning from 850 PM

  until 100 AM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Isolated intense supercells with a history of tornadoes

over central Ohio may persist another few hours and track into watch

area.  If they do, isolated tornadoes and damaging winds would be

possible in the strongest cells.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 35 statute miles

north and south of a line from 40 miles west northwest of Zanesville

OH to 5 miles northeast of Wheeling WV. For a complete depiction of

the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS

WOU8).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for

tornadoes and 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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 43...WW 44...WW 45...WW

46...WW 47...



AVIATION...Tornadoes and 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 27030.



...Hart