Severe Thunderstorm Watch 653

Issued

Aug 6, 2000, 9:30 PM EDT (01:30 UTC)

Expired

Aug 7, 2000, 3:00 AM EDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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WWUS9 KMKC 070104
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SEL3  
MKC WW 070058
OHZ000-PAZ000-WVZ000-LEZ000-070700-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 653
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
858 PM EDT SUN AUG 6 2000

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

   EASTERN OHIO                               
   WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA                       
   THE WESTERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA                      
   LAKE ERIE                          

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 930 PM UNTIL
300 AM EDT.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF MANSFIELD
OHIO TO 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF DUBOIS 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.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...  CONTINUE...WW 651...WW 652...

DISCUSSION...CONVECTIVE CLUSTER/BOW ECHO WITH A HISTORY OF WIND
DAMAGE MOVING EASTWARD INTO WATCH AREA ALONG AXIS OF 3000 TO 4000
J/KG CAPES. 50 KT MID LEVEL SPEED MAX WILL MAINTAIN POTENTIAL FOR
DAMAGING WINDS AND A FEW LARGE HAILSTONES. 

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.  MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 27050.

...ROGASH

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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.