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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 30

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

700 PM EDT Tue Apr 3 2018



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Extreme northeast Kentucky

  Southeast Ohio

  Extreme southwest Pennsylvania

  Northern and western West Virginia



* Effective this Tuesday night and Wednesday morning from 700 PM

  until 100 AM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Clusters of strong-severe storms will persist through late

evening, generally along and south of the surface warm front.  The

ongoing storms will persist with a threat for large hail, damaging

winds, and perhaps an isolated tornado.  Other bands of storms will

spread into the watch area from the west tonight, with a continuing

threat for damaging winds.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65

statute miles east and west of a line from 25 miles west northwest

of Wheeling WV to 15 miles southwest of Charleston WV. For a

complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline

update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



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 25...WW 26...WW 27...WW

28...WW 29...



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 450. Mean storm motion vector

26045.



...Thompson

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