WW 195 SEVERE TSTM NY OH PA LE LO 092140Z - 100300Z URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 195 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 540 PM EDT Sat May 9 2026 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Western New York Northeast Ohio Northwest Pennsylvania Lake Erie Lake Ontario * Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 540 PM until 1100 PM EDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible A tornado or two possible SUMMARY...A line of storms will cross the nearby Great Lakes and move into the region and potentially produce damaging winds and some hail through evening. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 35 statute miles north and south of a line from 40 miles east of Buffalo NY to 20 miles west southwest of Cleveland OH. 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. && OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 194... AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector 30025. ...Guyer Read more

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