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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 81

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

720 PM EDT Tue Apr 2 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of 

  Eastern Kentucky

  Southern and Eastern Ohio

  Western Pennsylvania

  West Virginia



* Effective this Tuesday night and Wednesday morning from 720 PM

  until 200 AM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes likely with a couple intense tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter likely



SUMMARY...Severe thunderstorms including a few supercells are

expected to steadily spread east-northeastward across the region

through evening, including the potential for tornadoes aside from

large hail and damaging winds.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 55 statute miles

east and west of a line from 25 miles west northwest of Pittsburgh

PA to 30 miles south southeast of Huntington WV. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



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 77...WW 78...WW 79...WW

80...



AVIATION...Tornadoes and 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 450. Mean

storm motion vector 24045.



...Guyer