SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 273

WW 273 SEVERE TSTM OH VA WV 170330Z – 170900Z


URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 273
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1130 PM EDT Fri May 16 2025

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Far Southeast Ohio
  Western Virginia
  West Virginia

* Effective this Friday night and Saturday morning from 1130 PM
  until 500 AM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Clusters of thunderstorms should spread eastward overnight
while posing a threat for mainly scattered severe/damaging winds,
with peak gusts up to 60-70 mph. Isolated hail and perhaps a tornado
or two may also occur.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50
statute miles east and west of a line from 35 miles east northeast
of Parkersburg WV to 5 miles west southwest of Bluefield WV. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

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 267...WW 269...WW
270...WW 271...WW 272...

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
27040.

...Gleason

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