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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 252

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

140 PM EDT Sun May 26 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Southern Indiana

  Parts of central and northern Kentucky

  Southern Ohio

  Much of West Virginia



* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 140 PM until

  900 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Scattered thunderstorms are developing in a zone from

western Kentucky/southern Indiana eastward along the Ohio River to

West Virginia.  The storm environment will support a mix of

multicell clusters and supercells, with the primary threats of

damaging winds and large hail through this evening.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55

statute miles north and south of a line from 65 miles west of

Louisville KY to 80 miles east southeast of Parkersburg WV. 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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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

27025.



...Thompson

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