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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 73

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

540 PM EDT Sun Mar 22 2026



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 

  Southeast Indiana

  Far Northern Kentucky

  Ohio



* Effective this Sunday afternoon from 540 PM until Midnight EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail likely with isolated very large hail events

    to 2 inches in diameter possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Scattered strong to severe storms will likely continue to

develop near the front, with additional development expected farther

north this evening along/north of the front, with large hail and

damaging winds possible.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60

statute miles north and south of a line from 50 miles west southwest

of Dayton OH to 15 miles east northeast of Zanesville OH. For a

complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline

update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 72...



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

28025.



...Guyer