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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 509

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1235 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       CENTRAL AND EASTERN KENTUCKY

       SOUTHERN OHIO

       EXTREME SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

       CENTRAL AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1235 PM UNTIL

700 PM EDT.



HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70

MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 105

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES WEST

NORTHWEST OF HUNTINGTON WEST VIRGINIA TO 65 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST

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

THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



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 508...



DISCUSSION...A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO PRODUCE

DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS OH...AND WILL TRACK SOUTH-SOUTHEASTWARD INTO

EASTERN KY/WESTERN WV THIS AFTERNOON.  STORMS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO

DEVELOP WESTWARD ALONG THE TRAILING OUTFLOW BOUNDARY INTO CENTRAL

KY.



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 33040.





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