

105 

WWUS20 KWNS 182024

SEL1

SPC WW 182024

INZ000-KYZ000-OHZ000-WVZ000-LEZ000-190300-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 311

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

425 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EASTERN INDIANA

  NORTHERN KENTUCKY

  OHIO

  WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA

  LAKE ERIE



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 425 PM UNTIL

  1100 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...INCREASINGLY WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL

OVERSPREAD THE WATCH AREA FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH MID EVENING WITH

A RISK FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND PERHAPS SOME SEVERE HAIL.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 95

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES WEST

NORTHWEST OF DAYTON OHIO TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF PARKERSBURG

WEST VIRGINIA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



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 310...



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 500. MEAN STORM MOTION

VECTOR 27035.





...KERR



200 

WWUS20 KWNS 182024

SEL1

SPC WW 182024

INZ000-KYZ000-OHZ000-WVZ000-LEZ000-190300-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 311

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

425 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EASTERN INDIANA

  NORTHERN KENTUCKY

  OHIO

  WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA

  LAKE ERIE



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 425 PM UNTIL

  1100 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...INCREASINGLY WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL

OVERSPREAD THE WATCH AREA FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH MID EVENING WITH

A RISK FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND PERHAPS SOME SEVERE HAIL.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 95

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES WEST

NORTHWEST OF DAYTON OHIO TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF PARKERSBURG

WEST VIRGINIA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



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 310...



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 500. MEAN STORM MOTION

VECTOR 27035.





...KERR

