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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 111

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

640 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHEAST INDIANA

  MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN KENTUCKY

  SOUTHERN OHIO

  WESTERN VIRGINIA

  MUCH OF WEST VIRGINIA



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 640 PM

  UNTIL 200 AM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...STRONG/SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO

CONTINUE SPREADING EASTWARD ACROSS THE MID OHIO VALLEY REGION AND

VICINITY THIS EVENING.  LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL CAN BE

EXPECTED IN CONJUNCTION WITH STRONGER CELLS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90

STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES WEST NORTHWEST

OF LEXINGTON KENTUCKY TO 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF WHITE SULPHUR

SPRINGS 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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 106...WW 107...WW

108...WW 109...WW 110...



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 55

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 29040.





...GOSS

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