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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 63

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

445 PM EDT Sat Mar 30 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 

  Central and east central Ohio

  Northern West Virginia and the northern West Virginia Panhandle



* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 445 PM until

  1000 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 60 mph possible



SUMMARY...Scattered thunderstorms are developing in central Ohio and

will spread east-southeastward through late evening.  A couple of

supercells are expected with the potential to produce large hail up

to 1.5 inches in diameter and damaging wind gusts up to 60 mph.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45

statute miles north and south of a line from 30 miles north

northwest of Columbus OH to 10 miles south southeast of Wheeling WV.

For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch

outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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 50 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 400. Mean storm motion vector

30040.



...Thompson