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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 324

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

920 PM EDT TUE JUN 15 2010



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       PARTS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY

       LARGE PART OF SOUTHERN OHIO

       WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 920 PM

UNTIL 300 AM EDT.



HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70

MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTH

NORTHEAST OF COLUMBUS OHIO TO 20 MILES EAST OF JACKSON KENTUCKY.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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 321...WW 322...WW 323...



DISCUSSION...WELL DEVELOPED SQUALL LINE MOVING RAPIDLY EWD INTO A

CONTINUED FAVORABLY UNSTABLE AIR MASS. WIND DAMAGE EXPECTED TO BE

COMMON WITH THE SQUALL LINE  FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS.



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 550. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 27035.





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