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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 174

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

445 PM EDT Fri May 17 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Southeast Indiana

  Northeast Kentucky

  Southern Ohio

  Western and Central West Virginia



* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 445 PM until

  1100 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are intensifying over southern Ohio and

northeast Kentucky.  This activity will spread across the watch area

this afternoon and evening, posing a risk of hail and damaging wind

gusts.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55

statute miles north and south of a line from 40 miles west of

Cincinnati OH to 45 miles north northeast of Beckley WV. For a

complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline

update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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 171...WW 172...WW 173...



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

29035.



...Hart

