SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 105

WW 105 SEVERE TSTM KY OH PA WV LE 030455Z – 031100Z


URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 105
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1255 AM EDT Thu Apr 3 2025

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Northeast Kentucky
  Eastern Ohio
  Extreme Western Pennsylvania
  Western and Northern West Virginia
  Lake Erie

* Effective this Thursday morning from 1255 AM until 700 AM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...A fast-moving line of thunderstorms over western Ohio will
track eastward across the watch area overnight, posing a risk of
locally damaging wind gusts and perhaps a tornado.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50
statute miles east and west of a line from 15 miles west of Erie PA
to 35 miles southwest of Huntington WV. For a complete depiction of
the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU5).

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 98...WW 102...WW 103...WW
104...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few
cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 400. Mean storm motion vector
24035.

...Hart

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