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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 548
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
720 PM EDT SUN AUG 9 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHWEST INTO NORTH-CENTRAL OHIO
LAKE ERIE
* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT FROM 720 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...AN ORGANIZED CONVECTIVE LINE IS CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH
FAR NORTHWEST OHIO. A MOIST AND BUOYANT AIRMASS EXISTS DOWNSTREAM,
AND THE EXPECTATION IS FOR THIS LINE TO CONTINUE EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD
FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. STRONG GUSTS HAVE ALREADY
OCCURRED WITH THIS LINE, AND THE THREAT FOR DAMAGING GUSTS IS
FORECAST TO PERSIST AS IT MOVES THROUGH NORTHWEST INTO NORTH-CENTRAL
OHIO. ISOLATED INSTANCES OF LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE AS WELL,
PARTICULARLY WITH ANY MORE CELLULAR DEVELOPMENT THAT OCCURS JUST
AHEAD OF THE LINE.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 40
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST OF
FINDLAY OH TO 10 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF MANSFIELD OH. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
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
27035.
...MOSIER
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