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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 282

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

600 PM EDT Sat Jun 6 2026



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 

  Northern, Central, and Eastern Ohio

  Northern West Virginia



* Effective this Saturday evening from 600 PM until 1100 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Supercells will spread east-southeastward this evening

while posing a threat for mainly severe hail up to 1-1.5 inches in

diameter. A tornado may also occur with any sustained supercell.

Otherwise, scattered severe/damaging winds appear possible with

multicell clusters which may eventually develop and evolve eastward.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50

statute miles east and west of a line from 45 miles north northwest

of Mansfield OH to 10 miles east southeast of Parkersburg WV. 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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 277...WW 278...WW

279...WW 280...WW 281...



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 500. Mean storm motion vector

28035.



...Gleason