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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 113

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

500 PM EDT Mon May 21 2018



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  East Central Indiana

  Western and Central Ohio



* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 500 PM until

  1100 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Storms developing from central into eastern Indiana and

western Ohio are expected to intensify and spread east through the

evening, with a threat for primary damaging winds along with

isolated hail.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 35

statute miles north and south of a line from 30 miles north

northeast of Columbus OH to 95 miles west southwest of Dayton OH.

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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 112...



AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few

cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector

24025.



...Weiss

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