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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 305

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

910 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL AND EASTERN KENTUCKY

  SOUTHERN OHIO

  WESTERN AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 910 AM UNTIL

  200 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY

  SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 100

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF

PARKERSBURG WEST VIRGINIA TO 25 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF BOWLING

GREEN KENTUCKY.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 303...WW 304...



DISCUSSION...AIDED BY FORCING ASSOCIATED WITH A SHORT WAVE IMPULSE

PIVOTING ACROSS THE LOWER OHIO TOWARD THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS

THROUGH MID DAY...A CLUSTER OF STORMS IS IN THE PROCESS OF EVOLVING.

 ACTIVITY IS NOW GENERALLY FOCUSED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF A COLD

FRONT AND OUTFLOW FROM STORMS CURRENTLY APPROACHING THE MID ATLANTIC

COAST...BETWEEN CINCINNATI AND LOUISVILLE.  HOWEVER...SOUTHWARD

DEVELOPMENT OF STORMS ALONG THE FRONT TOWARD THE TENNESSEE BORDER IS

POSSIBLE AS THE FRONT ADVANCES SOUTHEASTWARD INTO THE CUMBERLAND

PLATEAU.  POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS PROBABLY WILL INCREASE

AS THE MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER AHEAD OF STORMS CONTINUES TO WARM AND

DESTABILIZE.



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 28040.





...KERR

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