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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 277

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

410 PM EDT Sat May 27 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Southeast Indiana

  Eastern Kentucky

  Southern Ohio

  Much of West Virginia



* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 410 PM until

  1000 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms will move across

the watch area this afternoon and evening, posing a risk of locally

damaging wind gusts and hail.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 40

statute miles north and south of a line from 30 miles northwest of

London KY to 95 miles east northeast of Charleston WV. For a

complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline

update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 275...WW 276...



AVIATION...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

27030.



...Hart

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