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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 63
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WW0063 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   SEL3

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 63
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   445 PM EDT Sat Mar 30 2024

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Central and east central Ohio
     Northern West Virginia and the northern West Virginia Panhandle

   * Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 445 PM until
     1000 PM EDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
     Isolated damaging wind gusts to 60 mph possible

   SUMMARY...Scattered thunderstorms are developing in central Ohio and
   will spread east-southeastward through late evening.  A couple of
   supercells are expected with the potential to produce large hail up
   to 1.5 inches in diameter and damaging wind gusts up to 60 mph.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45
   statute miles north and south of a line from 30 miles north
   northwest of Columbus OH to 10 miles south southeast of Wheeling WV.
   For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch
   outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

   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 50 knots. A
   few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 400. Mean storm motion vector
   30040.

   ...Thompson
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