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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 649
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
300 PM EDT THU SEP 3 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN AND EASTERN OHIO
WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA
LAKE ERIE
* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 300 PM UNTIL
1000 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...STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY
ACROSS THE REGION THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON, WITH THE
DEVELOPMENT OF EAST/SOUTHEASTWARD-MOVING CLUSTERS. THIS WILL BE
AHEAD OF WHAT COULD BE A MORE PROMINENT LINEAR CLUSTER MOVING
SOUTHEASTWARD INTO THE REGION OUT OF SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN, WHICH
COULD CROSS NORTHERN/EASTERN OHIO INTO WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA THROUGH
EARLY EVENING. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MOST CONCERN SEVERE
CONCERN.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF
MANSFIELD OH TO 15 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF LATROBE PA. 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 647...WW 648...
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 550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR
31025.
...GUYER
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