Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation Msg
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
824 WWUS20 KWNS 062157 SEL2 SPC WW 062157 OHZ000-WVZ000-070300- 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. && 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