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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 563

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

415 PM EST WED DEC 23 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  FAR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY

  SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL OHIO



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 415 PM

  UNTIL 1100 PM EST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS

    TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...FAST-MOVING SQUALL LINE WITH A HISTORY OF SCATTERED WIND

DAMAGE ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA INTO NORTH-CENTRAL KENTUCKY SHOULD

CONTINUE EAST-NORTHEAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL OHIO VALLEY THIS EVENING

BEFORE WEAKENING.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF

COLUMBUS OHIO TO 55 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF CINCINNATI OHIO.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 558...WW 559...WW

560...WW 561...WW 562...



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

TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 24045.





...GRAMS

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