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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 91
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WW0091 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
High Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Low Low

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   SEL1
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 91
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   615 PM EDT WED APR 10 2013
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          EASTERN OHIO
          WESTERN AND CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
          THE NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA PANHANDLE
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 615 PM
   UNTIL 100 AM EDT.
   
   HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 40
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTH
   SOUTHWEST OF AKRON OHIO TO 65 MILES EAST OF ALTOONA PENNSYLVANIA.
    FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).
   
   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 88...WW 89...WW 90...
   
   DISCUSSION...ERN OH/NW PA SQLN EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ESE AT 35-40
   KTS...BOLSTERED BY STRONG WLY REAR INFLOW SAMPLED BY KCLE VWP.
   MODERATE... UNIDIRECTIONAL WLY BACKGROUND FLOW ON NRN FRINGE OF SE
   U.S. UPR HIGH AND RELATIVELY STEEP LOW TO MID-LVL LAPSE RATES
   SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF FORWARD-PROPAGATING
   LINE SEGMENTS/SMALL BOWS WITH DMGG WIND/MARGINALLY SVR HAIL THROUGH
   MID-LATE EVE.
   
   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 500. MEAN STORM MOTION
   VECTOR 28035.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
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