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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 451

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

930 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHEASTERN OHIO

  NORTHWESTERN AND WESTERN VIRGINIA

  WEST VIRGINIA



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 930 PM

  UNTIL 300 AM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 110 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF

BECKLEY WEST VIRGINIA TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF ELKINS WEST

VIRGINIA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 448...WW 449...WW 450...



DISCUSSION...SVR POTENTIAL...INCLUDING RISK FOR A FEW

SUPERCELLS/TORNADOES...CONTINUES THROUGH REMAINDER EVENING WITH

FAVORABLE COMBINATION OF CAPE/SHEAR FOR ANY RELATIVELY DISCRETE

TSTMS ALONG/AHEAD OF COLD FRONT.  OTHERWISE...SPORADIC LARGE HAIL

AND DAMAGING GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE.



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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27030.





...EDWARDS

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