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WWUS20 KWNS 061551
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SPC WW 061551
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 277
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1155 AM EDT SAT JUN 6 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
EASTERN OHIO
WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND THE NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA PANHANDLE
* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1155 AM UNTIL
600 PM EDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY
ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...A CLUSTER OF STORMS IN CENTRAL OHIO IS EXPECTED TO
STRENGTHEN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WHILE MOVING GENERALLY EASTWARD
ACROSS EASTERN OHIO, WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN WEST
VIRGINIA. WIND DAMAGE WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT (GUSTS OF 60-70 MPH),
THOUGH ISOLATED LARGE HAIL (UP TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER) WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER EMBEDDED STORMS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR
TWO COULD ALSO OCCUR WITH EMBEDDED CIRCULATIONS LATER THIS
AFTERNOON.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH
NORTHWEST OF ZANESVILLE OH TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF LATROBE PA. FOR
A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).
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 60 KNOTS. A
FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR
28040.
...THOMPSON
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