SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 597
WW 597 SEVERE TSTM NY OH PA LE 051720Z – 060000Z 
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 597 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 120 PM EDT Mon Aug 5 2024 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Southern and Western New York Northeast Ohio Northern Pennsylvania Lake Erie * Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 120 PM until 800 PM EDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible SUMMARY...Scattered thunderstorms are expected to intensify across the watch area through the afternoon. The strongest cells will pose a risk of locally damaging winds gusts and perhaps hail. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles north and south of a line from 30 miles west northwest of Youngstown OH to 30 miles southeast of Utica NY. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7). 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 596... 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 27030. ...Hart
