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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 534

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

715 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       NORTHEAST KENTUCKY

       FAR SOUTHEAST OHIO

       WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA



EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 715 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 35

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 85 MILES WEST

SOUTHWEST OF HUNTINGTON WEST VIRGINIA TO 45 MILES EAST NORTHEAST

OF HUNTINGTON WEST VIRGINIA.  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 531...WW 532...WW 533...



DISCUSSION...AN MCS CONTINUES TO SLOWLY ORGANIZE THIS EVENING ALONG

THE OH RIVER WITH SYSTEM LIKELY MOVING/PROPAGATING SEWD ACROSS THE

WATCH AREA THIS EVENING.  INFLOW AIR MASS IS HOT...MOIST AND

MODERATELY UNSTABLE WHICH SHOULD CONTINUE TO FOSTER INTENSE UPDRAFT

GROWTH ALONG LEADING EDGE OF MCS COLD POOL.  DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE

THE PRIMARY HAZARD WITH THESE STORMS.



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 29030.





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