Storm Prediction Center Severe Thunderstorm Watch 203

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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 203
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   120 PM EDT Thu May 1 2025

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Northeast Kentucky
     Central and Eastern Ohio
     Northwest Pennsylvania
     Northern Panhandle of West Virginia
     Lake Erie

   * Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 120 PM until
     700 PM EDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible
     Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

   SUMMARY...A line of thunderstorms over western Ohio will track
   eastward today into a warm and unstable air mass.  The strongest
   storms along and ahead of the line will pose a risk of damaging wind
   gusts.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70
   statute miles east and west of a line from 40 miles south of
   Lexington KY to 30 miles north northeast of Cleveland OH. For a
   complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
   update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

   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.

   &&

   AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
   1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A
   few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
   25030.

   ...Hart

Note:
The Aviation Watch (SAW) product is an approximation to the watch area.
The actual watch is depicted by the shaded areas.

   SAW3 
   WW 203 SEVERE TSTM KY OH PA WV LE 011720Z - 012300Z
   AXIS..70 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF LINE..
   40S LEX/LEXINGTON KY/ - 30NNE CLE/CLEVELAND OH/
   ..AVIATION COORDS.. 60NM E/W /34NW LOZ - 26NNE CLE/
   HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..1.5 INCHES. WIND GUSTS..55 KNOTS.
   MAX TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25030.

   LAT...LON 37438588 41818298 41818026 37438332

   THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION TO THE WATCH AREA.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE WOUS64 KWNS
   FOR WOU3.

Watch 203 Status Report Messages:

STATUS REPORT #1 ON WW 203

VALID 011825Z - 011940Z

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 50 SSE SDF
TO 10 SSE LUK TO 40 SSE FDY TO 35 E TOL.

..GRAMS..05/01/25

ATTN...WFO...LMK...JKL...RLX...ILN...CLE...PBZ...

&&

STATUS REPORT FOR WS 203 

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS 

KYC005-011-017-019-021-023-043-049-063-065-067-069-073-079-089-
097-113-129-135-151-155-161-165-167-173-175-181-191-197-201-205-
209-229-237-239-011940-

KY 
.    KENTUCKY COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ANDERSON	     BATH		 BOURBON	     
BOYD		     BOYLE		 BRACKEN	     
CARTER		     CLARK		 ELLIOTT	     
ESTILL		     FAYETTE		 FLEMING	     
FRANKLIN	     GARRARD		 GREENUP	     
HARRISON	     JESSAMINE		 LEE		     
LEWIS		     MADISON		 MARION 	     
MASON		     MENIFEE		 MERCER 	     
MONTGOMERY	     MORGAN		 NICHOLAS	     
PENDLETON	     POWELL		 ROBERTSON	     
ROWAN		     SCOTT		 WASHINGTON	     
WOLFE		     WOODFORD		 
$$


OHC001-005-007-009-013-015-019-025-027-029-031-033-035-041-043-
045-047-049-053-055-059-067-071-073-075-077-079-081-083-085-087-
089-093-097-099-101-103-105-111-115-117-119-121-123-127-129-131-
133-139-141-143-145-147-151-153-155-157-163-167-169-011940-

OH 
.    OHIO COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ADAMS		     ASHLAND		 ASHTABULA	     
ATHENS		     BELMONT		 BROWN		     
CARROLL 	     CLERMONT		 CLINTON	     
COLUMBIANA	     COSHOCTON		 CRAWFORD	     
CUYAHOGA	     DELAWARE		 ERIE		     
FAIRFIELD	     FAYETTE		 FRANKLIN	     
GALLIA		     GEAUGA		 GUERNSEY	     
HARRISON	     HIGHLAND		 HOCKING	     
HOLMES		     HURON		 JACKSON	     
JEFFERSON	     KNOX		 LAKE		     
LAWRENCE	     LICKING		 LORAIN 	     
MADISON 	     MAHONING		 MARION 	     
MEDINA		     MEIGS		 MONROE 	     
MORGAN		     MORROW		 MUSKINGUM	     
NOBLE		     OTTAWA		 PERRY		     
PICKAWAY	     PIKE		 PORTAGE	     
RICHLAND	     ROSS		 SANDUSKY	     
SCIOTO		     SENECA		 STARK		     
SUMMIT		     TRUMBULL		 TUSCARAWAS	     
VINTON		     WASHINGTON 	 WAYNE		     
$$


PAC007-039-049-073-085-011940-

PA 
.    PENNSYLVANIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BEAVER		     CRAWFORD		 ERIE		     
LAWRENCE	     MERCER		 
$$


WVC029-011940-

WV 
.    WEST VIRGINIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

HANCOCK 	     
$$


LEZ143-144-145-146-147-148-149-011940-

CW 

.    ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS INCLUDED ARE

RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS OH 

THE ISLANDS TO VERMILION OH 

VERMILION TO AVON POINT OH 

AVON POINT TO WILLOWICK OH 

WILLOWICK TO GENEVA-ON-THE LAKE OH 

GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE TO CONNEAUT OH 

CONNEAUT OH TO RIPLEY NY 

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THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY.  PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$