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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 38

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

635 PM EST Fri Feb 24 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Southeast Indiana

  East-central Kentucky

  Western and central Ohio

  Lake Erie



* Effective this Friday night and Saturday morning from 635 PM

  until 200 AM EST.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Strong to severe thunderstorms should continue to increase

and organize through the evening hours in association with

strengthening forcing and vertical shear ahead of a cold front and

approaching upper-level trough.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60

statute miles east and west of a line from 35 miles northwest of

Cleveland OH to 60 miles south southeast of Louisville KY. For a

complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline

update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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 37...



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

24040.



...Guyer

