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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 164

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

155 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL INDIANA

  NORTHEAST KENTUCKY

  SOUTHERN OHIO

  WESTERN AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 155 PM

  UNTIL 900 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  WIDESPREAD LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL

    EVENTS TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH

NORTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE INDIANA TO 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF

PARKERSBURG WEST VIRGINIA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH

SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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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DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON

OVER PARTS OF IND/OH AND TRACK EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE WATCH

AREA THROUGH EARLY EVENING.  PARAMETERS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE

STORMS CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY LARGE HAIL.



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 2.5 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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