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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 450

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

325 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       EASTERN KENTUCKY

       SOUTHEAST OHIO

       CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 325 PM UNTIL

800 PM EDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST OF HUNTINGTON

WEST VIRGINIA TO 45 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS

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

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR

TORNADOES AND 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.



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 446...WW 447...WW

448...WW 449...



DISCUSSION...CLUSTER OF STRONG/SEVERE STORMS OVER SOUTHEAST

OH/EASTERN KY WILL TRACK EASTWARD THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS

CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WV.  STRONG INSTABILITY AND FAVORABLE WINDS

ALOFT WILL MAINTAIN A RISK OF DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL IN STRONGER

CELLS.  ISOLATED TORNADOES MAY ALSO OCCUR ALONG LEADING EDGE OF

SQUALL LINE.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27045.





...HART

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