Source: US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Note: The expiration time in the watch graphic is amended if the watch is replaced, cancelled or extended.Note: Click for Watch Status Reports.
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
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
Note: The Aviation Watch (SAW) product is an approximation to the watch area. The actual watch is depicted by the shaded areas.
SAW5
WW 105 SEVERE TSTM KY OH PA WV LE 030455Z – 031100Z
AXIS..50 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF LINE..
15W ERI/ERIE PA/ – 35SW HTS/HUNTINGTON WV/
..AVIATION COORDS.. 45NM E/W /8WNW ERI – 64SW HNN/
HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..1 INCH. WIND GUSTS..60 KNOTS.
MAX TOPS TO 400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.
LAT…LON 42087950 38008209 38008392 42088144
THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION TO THE WATCH AREA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE WOUS64 KWNS
FOR WOU5.
Watch 105 Status Report Message has not been issued yet.
Note: Click for Complete Product Text.Tornadoes
Probability of 2 or more tornadoes
Low (20%)
Probability of 1 or more strong (EF2-EF5) tornadoes
Low (5%)
Wind
Probability of 10 or more severe wind events
Mod (40%)
Probability of 1 or more wind events > 65 knots
Low (20%)
Hail
Probability of 10 or more severe hail events
Low (10%)
Probability of 1 or more hailstones > 2 inches
Low (