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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 203
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
120 PM EDT THU MAY 1 2025
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHEAST KENTUCKY
CENTRAL AND EASTERN OHIO
NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA
NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA
LAKE ERIE
* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 120 PM UNTIL
700 PM EDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE
ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN OHIO WILL TRACK
EASTWARD TODAY INTO A WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS. THE STRONGEST
STORMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE LINE WILL POSE A RISK OF DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTH OF
LEXINGTON KY TO 30 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF CLEVELAND OH. 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.
AVIATION...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
25030.
...HART
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