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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 288

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

335 AM EDT THU JUN 23 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EXTREME NORTHEAST KENTUCKY

  SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO

  WESTERN AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING FROM 335 AM UNTIL 800 AM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...CLUSTERS OF STRONG/SEVERE STORMS WILL LIKELY PERSIST FOR A

FEW MORE HOURS WHILE MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD FROM OHIO INTO WEST

VIRGINIA.  DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN...THOUGH AN

ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT WITH EMBEDDED CIRCULATIONS.

ALSO...ISOLATED LARGE HAIL MAY OCCUR WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60

STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST

OF ATHENS OHIO TO 35 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF BECKLEY WEST

VIRGINIA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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 287...



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 30045.





...THOMPSON

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