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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 155

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

125 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  FAR SOUTHEAST INDIANA

  NORTHEAST KENTUCKY

  OHIO

  WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA

  LAKE ERIE



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 125 PM

  UNTIL 900 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF

CINCINNATI OHIO TO 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF CLEVELAND OHIO.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 153...WW 154...



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND

INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON ALONG AND EAST OF A SW-NE-ORIENTED

QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT SITUATED OVER CENTRAL PARTS OF KY/OH.

HERE...THE COMBINATION OF A MOIST AND MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR MASS

/I.E. MLCAPE OF 1000-2000 J PER KG/ AND STRENGTHENING LOW-LEVEL AND

DEEP-LAYER SHEAR ENVIRONMENT SUGGESTS THE POTENTIAL FOR SUPERCELLS

CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND A FEW TORNADOES.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23030.





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