Storm Prediction Center Severe Thunderstorm Watch 655

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   SEL5

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 655
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   235 AM EDT Sat Sep 5 2026

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Northeast Indiana
     Northwest into North-Central Ohio

   * Effective this Saturday morning from 235 AM until 800 AM EDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
     Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

   SUMMARY...Strong to severe thunderstorms are expected tonight from
   northeast Indiana into northwest/north-central Ohio. A few instances
   of large hail are possible, but the primary severe risk is expected
   to be damaging wind gusts.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 40
   statute miles north and south of a line from 45 miles west northwest
   of Fort Wayne IN to 65 miles east southeast of Findlay 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.

   &&

   AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
   1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
   few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
   30030.

   ...Mosier

   SEL5

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 655
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   235 AM EDT Sat Sep 5 2026

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Northeast Indiana
     Northwest into North-Central Ohio

   * Effective this Saturday morning from 235 AM until 800 AM EDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
     Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

   SUMMARY...Strong to severe thunderstorms are expected tonight from
   northeast Indiana into northwest/north-central Ohio. A few instances
   of large hail are possible, but the primary severe risk is expected
   to be damaging wind gusts.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 40
   statute miles north and south of a line from 45 miles west northwest
   of Fort Wayne IN to 65 miles east southeast of Findlay 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.

   &&

   AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
   1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
   few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
   30030.

   ...Mosier

Note:
The Aviation Watch (SAW) product is an approximation to the watch area.
The actual watch is depicted by the shaded areas.

   SAW5 
   WW 655 SEVERE TSTM IN OH 050635Z - 051200Z
   AXIS..40 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF LINE..
   45WNW FWA/FORT WAYNE IN/ - 65ESE FDY/FINDLAY OH/
   ..AVIATION COORDS.. 35NM N/S /36SSE GIJ - 30N APE/
   HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..1.5 INCHES. WIND GUSTS..60 KNOTS.
   MAX TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 30030.

   LAT...LON 41818598 41238252 40088252 40658598

   THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION TO THE WATCH AREA.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE WOUS64 KWNS
   FOR WOU5.

Watch 655 Status Report Message has not been issued yet.

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Tornadoes

Wind

Hail

Combined Severe Hail/Wind

For each watch, probabilities for particular events inside the watch
(listed above in each table) are determined by the issuing forecaster.
The “Low” category contains probability values ranging from less than 2%
to 20% (EF2-EF5 tornadoes), less than 5% to 20% (all other probabilities),
“Moderate” from 30% to 60%, and “High” from 70% to greater than 95%.
High values are bolded and lighter in color to provide awareness of
an increased threat for a particular event.