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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 627
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WW0627 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
High Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   SEL7
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 627
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1015 AM EDT MON JUL 11 2011
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          NORTHERN AND CENTRAL OHIO OHIO
          LAKE ERIE
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1015 AM UNTIL
   500 PM EDT.
   
   HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES WEST OF
   FINDLAY OHIO TO 35 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF AKRON OHIO.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).
   
   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.
   
   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 624...WW 625...WW 626...
   
   DISCUSSION...TWO BOWING SEVERE MCS/S ARE MOVING EWD ACROSS THE SWRN
   GREAT LAKES.  THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD EWD/ESEWD INTO THE
   AFTERNOON ALONG THE SRN EDGE OF STRONGER WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT.  AIR
   MASS IN ADVANCE OF THE STORMS WILL UNDERGO HEATING AND MOISTENING
   TODAY AND BECOME INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE WITH SBCAPE OF 2000-3000 J/KG
   LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON.  THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WIND
   GUSTS ALTHOUGH LARGE HAIL THREAT WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AS THE
   AIR MASS DESTABILIZES.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 27035.
   
   
   ...WEISS
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