URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 225
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
945 AM EDT Mon May 16 2022
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Central Pennsylvania
* Effective this Monday morning and afternoon from 945 AM until
200 PM EDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible
SUMMARY...An emerging low-topped convective line across southwest
Pennsylvania should intensify as it spreads east-northeast into
early afternoon with strong gusts producing scattered tree damage
the main threat.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles east and west of a line from 50 miles north of
Williamsport PA to 45 miles southwest of Harrisburg PA. 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.
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AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A few
cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 400. Mean storm motion vector
24030.