...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been issued...
Expires: September 03, 2026 @ 12:00am
LOCATIONS
Eastern Ohio, Western and Central Pennsylvania, The Far Northern West Virginia Panhandle
EFFECTIVE
This Wednesday afternoon from 455 PM until Midnight EDT.
THREATS
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible, Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible, A tornado or two possible
SITUATION
Robust thunderstorms have developed across eastern Ohio
into northwest Pennsylvania in a favorable environment for severe
hail and damaging winds. Current expectations are for this
convection to spread generally east-southeastward through the late
afternoon and into the evening. A tornado or two may also occur with
any sustained supercell.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50
statute miles north and south of a line from 25 miles west southwest
of Youngstown OH to 45 miles northeast of State College PA. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
PRECAUTIONS
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.