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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 108
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL8

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 108
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   455 PM EDT Sun Apr 14 2024

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Eastern Ohio
     Western and Northern Pennsylvania
     Northern West Virginia Panhandle

   * Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 455 PM until
     1100 PM EDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
     Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
       inches in diameter possible
     A tornado or two possible

   SUMMARY...A band of thunderstorms is forecast to develop from
   eastern Ohio into western and northern Pennsylvania late this
   afternoon into the evening.  The thunderstorms will intensify and
   the stronger storms will be capable of damaging gusts and large
   hail.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55
   statute miles north and south of a line from 25 miles south
   southwest of Mansfield OH to 10 miles southeast of Wilkesbarre PA.
   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
   2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
   few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector
   24035.

   ...Smith
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