Severe Thunderstorm Watch 577

Issued

Jul 14, 2000, 1:00 PM EDT (17:00 UTC)

Expired

Jul 14, 2000, 7:00 PM EDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WWUS9 KMKC 141641
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SEL7  
MKC WW 141633
OHZ000-PAZ000-LEZ000-142300-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 577
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1233 PM EDT FRI JUL 14 2000

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

   OHIO                               
   WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA                       
   LAKE ERIE                          

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 100 PM UNTIL 700
PM EDT.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF DAYTON
OHIO TO 20 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF FRANKLIN PENNSYLVANIA.

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.

DISCUSSION...TSTMS ARE EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON
AS UPPER TROUGH DEEPENS ACROSS THE AREA. STRONG FLOW ALOFT AND MID
LEVEL DRY INTRUSION WILL FAVOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70
KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.  MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 28030.


...VESCIO

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.