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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 279
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
345 PM EDT SAT JUN 6 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA
CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO
* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 345 PM UNTIL
1000 PM EDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...CLUSTERS OF STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING AND
SPREADING EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD FROM INDIANA INTO OHIO ALONG A RESIDUAL
OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. THE STRONGER STORM CLUSTERS (WITH SOME SUPERCELL
STRUCTURE POSSIBLE) WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL UP TO
1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND WIND DAMAGE WITH OUTFLOW GUSTS UP TO 65
MPH THROUGH LATE EVENING.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF
LAFAYETTE IN TO 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBUS OH. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).
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 277...WW 278...
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
30025.
...THOMPSON
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