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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 193

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

215 PM EDT Mon May 18 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Eastern Kentucky

  Central and Southern Ohio



* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 215 PM until

  900 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 60 mph possible



SUMMARY...Bands of storms including a few semi-discrete/embedded

supercells aside from more prevalent bowing segments will continue

to increase and organize within a moist environment ahead of an

eastward-moving cold front.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 45 statute miles

east and west of a line from 45 miles north northwest of Columbus OH

to 30 miles south southwest of London KY. For a complete depiction

of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS

WOU3).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for

tornadoes and 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.



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AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 50 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 400. Mean

storm motion vector 21030.



...Guyer

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