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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 279

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

200 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EASTERN KENTUCKY

  FAR SOUTHERN OHIO

  WESTERN VIRGINIA

  WEST VIRGINIA



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 200 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2.5

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE NEAR AND

SOUTH OF A SLOW-SOUTHWARD-MOVING COLD FRONT. MODERATE INSTABILITY

AND SHEAR WILL SUPPORT SOME INITIAL SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF SEVERE

HAIL AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO...WHILE STORM MERGERS WILL ALSO LEAD TO

SOUTHEASTWARD-MOVING LINE SEGMENTS/POSSIBLE BOWS CAPABLE OF WIND

DAMAGE.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST

NORTHWEST OF JACKSON KENTUCKY TO 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF LYNCHBURG

VIRGINIA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



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 278...



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 30025.





...GUYER

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