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WWUS20 KWNS 160351
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SPC WW 160351
INZ000-KYZ000-OHZ000-160800-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 61
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1150 PM EDT SUN MAR 15 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
EASTERN INDIANA
NORTHERN AND NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY
WESTERN INTO CENTRAL OHIO
* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 1150 PM
UNTIL 400 AM EDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS
TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE
A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...A MATURE SQUALL LINE WILL CONTINUE TO RAPIDLY MOVE
EAST-NORTHEAST ACROSS THE WATCH AREA TONIGHT. BOWING LINE SEGMENTS
WITHIN THE LARGER-SCALE THUNDERSTORM BAND WILL FOCUS THE RISK FOR
SEVERE GUSTS (60-75 MPH). A BRIEF TORNADO IS POSSIBLE MAINLY NEAR
THE STRONGEST AND MORE PERSISTENT MESOVORTICES.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES NORTH OF DAYTON
OH TO 65 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CINCINNATI OH. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION
OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU1).
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.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 55...WW 56...WW 57...WW
58...WW 59...WW 60...
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO
0 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A
FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 300. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR
25045.
...SMITH
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