Severe Thunderstorm Watch 492

 

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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 492
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   100 PM EDT Sat Jul 18 2026

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Northern and eastern Ohio
     Western and central Pennsylvania
     Far northern West Virginia
     Lake Erie

   * Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 100 PM until
     900 PM EDT.

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

   SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will increase in coverage and intensity
   through late afternoon/evening in multiple corridors/bands along and
   well ahead of a cold front.  The storm environment will favor a mix
   of multicell clusters, line segments and supercells with a primary
   threat of wind damage.  Supercells close to the warm front could
   pose the threat for a tornado or two in central Pennsylvania.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70
   statute miles north and south of a line from 45 miles southeast of
   Williamsport PA to 50 miles west southwest of Akron OH. For a
   complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
   update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

   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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   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 550. Mean storm motion vector
   29030.

   ...Thompson