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SEL5 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 105 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1255 AM EDT Thu Apr 3 2025 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Northeast Kentucky Eastern Ohio Extreme Western Pennsylvania Western and Northern West Virginia Lake Erie * Effective this Thursday morning from 1255 AM until 700 AM EDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible A tornado or two possible SUMMARY...A fast-moving line of thunderstorms over western Ohio will track eastward across the watch area overnight, posing a risk of locally damaging wind gusts and perhaps a tornado. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50 statute miles east and west of a line from 15 miles west of Erie PA to 35 miles southwest of Huntington WV. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5). 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 98...WW 102...WW 103...WW 104... 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 400. Mean storm motion vector 24035. ...Hart