WW 81 TORNADO KY OH PA WV 022320Z – 030600Z
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 81
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
720 PM EDT Tue Apr 2 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Tornado Watch for portions of
Eastern Kentucky
Southern and Eastern Ohio
Western Pennsylvania
West Virginia
* Effective this Tuesday night and Wednesday morning from 720 PM
until 200 AM EDT.
* Primary threats include…
A few tornadoes likely with a couple intense tornadoes possible
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter likely
SUMMARY…Severe thunderstorms including a few supercells are
expected to steadily spread east-northeastward across the region
through evening, including the potential for tornadoes aside from
large hail and damaging winds.
The tornado watch area is approximately along and 55 statute miles
east and west of a line from 25 miles west northwest of Pittsburgh
PA to 30 miles south southeast of Huntington WV. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).
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 77…WW 78…WW 79…WW
80…
AVIATION…Tornadoes and 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 450. Mean
storm motion vector 24045.
…Guyer
