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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 42
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1035 AM EDT WED MAR 11 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
FAR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY
CENTRAL AND EASTERN OHIO
WESTERN AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA
LAKE ERIE
* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1035 AM
UNTIL 500 PM EDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY
ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD POSE A THREAT FOR
BOTH SCATTERED SEVERE/DAMAGING WINDS AND A COUPLE OF TORNADOES
THROUGH THE MORNING AND CONTINUING INTO THE AFTERNOON. PEAK GUSTS
MAY REACH UP TO 60-70 MPH, AND SOME HAIL THREAT MAY EXIST IF
SUPERCELLS CAN FORM AND BE SUSTAINED.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 115 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES WEST OF ZANESVILLE OH TO 15
MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF WHEELING WV. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF
THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU2).
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.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 41...
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 400. MEAN
STORM MOTION VECTOR 26045.
...GLEASON
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