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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 281

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

910 PM EDT Fri Jun 18 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Southeast Indiana

  Northern Kentucky

  Southern Ohio

  Western West Virginia



* Effective this Friday night and Saturday morning from 910 PM

  until 300 AM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Clusters of storms will continue to move

south-southeastward across the region this evening, and possibly

into the overnight, with damaging winds and some severe hail as the

primary hazards.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 30

statute miles north and south of a line from 35 miles northwest of

Louisville KY to 30 miles southeast of Athens OH. 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 279...WW 280...



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 600. Mean storm motion vector

30035.



...Guyer

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