URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 456
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
200 PM EDT Sat Jul 4 2026
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Central and Eastern Ohio
Western Pennsylvania
Northern West Virginia
* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 200 PM until
900 PM EDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will develop across the watch area and
spread southeastward through the afternoon. Locally damaging wind
gusts may accompany the stronger storms.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45
statute miles north and south of a line from 45 miles west of
Columbus OH to 15 miles north of Dubois PA. For a complete depiction
of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU6).
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 454...WW 455...
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
25025.
...Hart
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