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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 462

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1240 PM EDT Tue Aug 22 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Far southern Indiana

  Central and northern Kentucky

  Far western Maryland Panhandle

  Southern and eastern Ohio

  Western and central Pennsylvania

  Northern and western West Virginia



* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 1240 PM until

  900 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Scattered damaging winds appear likely as numerous

clusters and lines of storms intensify and move east this afternoon.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 105

statute miles east and west of a line from 15 miles northeast of

Dubois PA to 60 miles south southeast of Louisville KY. For a

complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline

update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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 461...



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 500. Mean storm motion vector

26025.



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