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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 186
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   625 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          EASTERN OHIO
          SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
          MUCH OF WEST VIRGINIA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 625 PM
   UNTIL 100 AM EDT.
   
   HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES EAST
   NORTHEAST OF AKRON OHIO TO 35 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF CHARLESTON
   WEST VIRGINIA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
   
   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 184...WW 185...
   
   DISCUSSION...ONGOING CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL/ERN OH
   AND RECENT DEVELOPMENT OVER ERN KY/SWRN WV WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO
   THE ESE THIS EVENING INTO A MODERATELY UNSTABLE AND STRONGLY SHEARED
   ENVIRONMENT.  DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE EXPECTED TO BE THE
   PRIMARY THREATS WITH THIS ACTIVITY.
   
   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 27540.
   
   
   ...PETERS/THOMPSON