WW 318 SEVERE TSTM OH PA WV LE 261945Z – 270200Z
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 318
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
345 PM EDT Sun May 26 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Northeast Ohio
Western Pennsylvania
Northern West Virginia
Lake Erie
* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 345 PM until
1000 PM EDT.
* Primary threats include…
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY…A line of severe thunderstorms will continue to move
northeast through early this evening, posing a risk for damaging
wind gusts and possibly a couple tornadoes.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles north and south of a line from 30 miles west southwest
of Akron OH to 30 miles north of Latrobe 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.
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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION…CONTINUE…WW 315…WW 316…WW 317…
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 500. Mean storm motion vector
24035.
…Bunting
