WW 48 TORNADO OH 150050Z – 150500Z
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 48
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
850 PM EDT Thu Mar 14 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Tornado Watch for portions of
Southeast Ohio
* Effective this Thursday night and Friday morning from 850 PM
until 100 AM EDT.
* Primary threats include…
A couple tornadoes possible
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible
Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
SUMMARY…Isolated intense supercells with a history of tornadoes
over central Ohio may persist another few hours and track into watch
area. If they do, isolated tornadoes and damaging winds would be
possible in the strongest cells.
The tornado watch area is approximately along and 35 statute miles
north and south of a line from 40 miles west northwest of Zanesville
OH to 5 miles northeast of Wheeling WV. For a complete depiction of
the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU8).
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
REMEMBER…A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for
tornadoes and 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.
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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION…CONTINUE…WW 43…WW 44…WW 45…WW
46…WW 47…
AVIATION…Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
surface and aloft to 1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
gusts to 55 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean
storm motion vector 27030.
…Hart
