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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 137

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

225 PM EDT Thu May 31 2018



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Southeast Indiana

  North Central Kentucky

  Southwest Ohio



* Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 225 PM until

  600 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...A fast-moving bow echo over southern Indiana will track

eastward into southwest Ohio and north-central Kentucky this

afternoon.  Damaging winds will be possible along the leading edge

of the storms.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55

statute miles north and south of a line from 55 miles west of

Cincinnati OH to 40 miles east northeast of Cincinnati OH. 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 136...



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

26040.



...Hart

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