Severe Thunderstorm Watch

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 85
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   245 PM EDT Wed Apr 1 2026

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Southeast Indiana
     Northeast Kentucky
     Southern Ohio
     Southwest Pennsylvania
     Extreme Southwest Virginia
     Much of West Virginia

   * Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 245 PM
     until 800 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...Scattered thunderstorms will affect the watch area through
   the afternoon, in a warm and unstable environment.  A few of the
   storms will pose a risk of damaging wind gusts and hail.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65
   statute miles north and south of a line from 80 miles west of
   Huntington WV to 30 miles southeast of Morgantown WV. 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.