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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 145
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WW0145 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   SEL5
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 145
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   930 PM EDT FRI MAY 7 2010
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SMALL PART OF SOUTHWEST NEW YORK
          PARTS OF EASTERN OHIO
          LARGE PART OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
          SMALL PART OF WEST VIRGINIA PANHANDLE
          LAKE ERIE
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 930 PM
   UNTIL 300 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 65
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
   WHEELING WEST VIRGINIA TO 35 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF JAMESTOWN
   NEW YORK.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
   
   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 143...WW 144...
   
   DISCUSSION...DEEPENING SURFACE LOW TRACKING ACROSS LAKE ERIE TOWARD
   BUF WITH WARM FRONT EXTENDING SEWD INTO WRN PA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
   ONGOING  NRN OH EXPECTED TO SPREAD/DEVELOP RAPIDLY ENEWD ACROSS
   WATCH WHERE VERY STRONG SHEAR PROFILES ARE IN PLACE.  IN ADDITION TO
   LARGE HAIL THE MODEST INSTABILITY WILL SUPPORT A WIND DAMAGE THREAT.
   
   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 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 26045.
   
   
   ...HALES
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