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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 108

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

455 PM EDT Sun Apr 14 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 

  Eastern Ohio

  Western and Northern Pennsylvania

  Northern West Virginia Panhandle



* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 455 PM until

  1100 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...A band of thunderstorms is forecast to develop from

eastern Ohio into western and northern Pennsylvania late this

afternoon into the evening.  The thunderstorms will intensify and

the stronger storms will be capable of damaging gusts and large

hail.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55

statute miles north and south of a line from 25 miles south

southwest of Mansfield OH to 10 miles southeast of Wilkesbarre PA.

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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AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector

24035.



...Smith