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SEL0
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 50
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1110 PM EDT Thu Mar 14 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Southeast Ohio
Northern West Virginia
* Effective this Thursday night and Friday morning from 1110 PM
until 300 AM EDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
SUMMARY...Scattered fast-moving storms over Ohio will track eastward
across northern West Virginia during the next few hours, posing some
risk of hail and locally damaging wind gusts.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 30
statute miles north and south of a line from 30 miles west of Athens
OH to 55 miles east southeast of Parkersburg WV. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
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.
&&
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 44...WW 45...WW 46...WW
47...WW 48...WW 49...
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 450. Mean storm motion vector
27035.
...Hart
SEL0
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 50
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1110 PM EDT Thu Mar 14 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Southeast Ohio
Northern West Virginia
* Effective this Thursday night and Friday morning from 1110 PM
until 300 AM EDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
SUMMARY...Scattered fast-moving storms over Ohio will track eastward
across northern West Virginia during the next few hours, posing some
risk of hail and locally damaging wind gusts.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 30
statute miles north and south of a line from 30 miles west of Athens
OH to 55 miles east southeast of Parkersburg WV. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
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.
&&
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 44...WW 45...WW 46...WW
47...WW 48...WW 49...
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 450. Mean storm motion vector
27035.
...Hart
Note:
The Aviation Watch (SAW) product is an approximation to the watch area.
The actual watch is depicted by the shaded areas.
SAW0
WW 50 SEVERE TSTM OH WV 150310Z - 150700Z
AXIS..30 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF LINE..
30W UNI/ATHENS OH/ - 55ESE PKB/PARKERSBURG WV/
..AVIATION COORDS.. 25NM N/S /45NW HNN - 19WNW EKN/
HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..1.5 INCHES. WIND GUSTS..60 KNOTS.
MAX TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27035.
LAT...LON 39658279 39488048 38618048 38788279
THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION TO THE WATCH AREA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE WOUS64 KWNS
FOR WOU0.
Watch 50 Status Report Messages:
STATUS REPORT #3 ON WW 50
VALID 150650Z - 150700Z
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 20 NE HTS TO
30 SSW PKB TO 10 WNW EKN.
WW 50 WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 150700Z.
..DEAN..03/15/24
ATTN...WFO...RLX...
&&
STATUS REPORT FOR WS 50
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
WVC013-021-035-041-053-087-150700-
WV
. WEST VIRGINIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
CALHOUN GILMER JACKSON
LEWIS MASON ROANE
$$
THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$
STATUS REPORT #2 ON WW 50
VALID 150550Z - 150640Z
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 25 NNW HTS
TO 5 S UNI TO 25 N EKN.
..DEAN..03/15/24
ATTN...WFO...RLX...
&&
STATUS REPORT FOR WS 50
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
OHC053-105-150640-
OH
. OHIO COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
GALLIA MEIGS
$$
WVC013-021-035-041-053-085-087-105-107-150640-
WV
. WEST VIRGINIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
CALHOUN GILMER JACKSON
LEWIS MASON RITCHIE
ROANE WIRT WOOD
$$
THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$
STATUS REPORT #1 ON WW 50
VALID 150430Z - 150540Z
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 30 W UNI TO
30 WSW MGW.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SEE MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 251
..HART..03/15/24
ATTN...WFO...RLX...
&&
STATUS REPORT FOR WS 50
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
OHC009-053-079-105-163-167-150540-
OH
. OHIO COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ATHENS GALLIA JACKSON
MEIGS VINTON WASHINGTON
$$
WVC013-017-021-033-035-041-053-073-085-087-095-105-107-150540-
WV
. WEST VIRGINIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
CALHOUN DODDRIDGE GILMER
HARRISON JACKSON LEWIS
MASON PLEASANTS RITCHIE
ROANE TYLER WIRT
WOOD
$$
THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$
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Tornadoes
Probability of 2 or more tornadoes
|
Low (10%)
|
Probability of 1 or more strong (EF2-EF5) tornadoes
|
Low (<2%)
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Wind
Probability of 10 or more severe wind events
|
Mod (40%)
|
Probability of 1 or more wind events > 65 knots
|
Low (20%)
|
Hail
Probability of 10 or more severe hail events
|
Low (20%)
|
Probability of 1 or more hailstones > 2 inches
|
Low (10%)
|
Combined Severe Hail/Wind
Probability of 6 or more combined severe hail/wind events
|
Mod (60%)
|
For each watch, probabilities for particular events inside the watch
(listed above in each table) are determined by the issuing forecaster.
The "Low" category contains probability values ranging from less than 2%
to 20% (EF2-EF5 tornadoes), less than 5% to 20% (all other probabilities),
"Moderate" from 30% to 60%, and "High" from 70% to greater than 95%.
High values are bolded and lighter in color to provide awareness of
an increased threat for a particular event.
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