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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 163

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

640 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EASTERN KENTUCKY

  SOUTHERN OHIO

  WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 640 PM

  UNTIL 200 AM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...SUSTAINED / ORGANIZED STORMS IN CENTRAL KY EXPECTED TO

CONTINUE E ACROSS WATCH AREA THROUGH LATER TONIGHT.  WHILE SOME

WEAKENING MAY OCCUR WITH ONSET OF NIGHTFALL...UPPER-LEVEL WIND AND

INSTABILITY FIELDS SUGGEST SOME RISK FOR LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND AND

POSSIBLY SEVERE HAIL.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTH

NORTHWEST OF CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA TO 35 MILES SOUTH OF LONDON

KENTUCKY.  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 159...WW 160...WW 162...



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 26030.





...CORFIDI

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