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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 289

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

300 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  FAR SOUTHEAST INDIANA

  EASTERN KENTUCKY

  SOUTHERN OHIO

  FAR WESTERN VIRGINIA

  WEST VIRGINIA



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 300 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER

    POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN MULTIPLE CORRIDORS

ACROSS THE REGION...INCLUDING NEAR A PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH...COLD FRONT

AND NEAR RESIDUAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. ASIDE FROM SEVERE WIND AND

HAIL...LOW-LEVEL SHEAR IS SUPPORTIVE OF A SUPERCELL-RELATED TORNADO

RISK...PARTICULARLY ACROSS FAR EASTERN KENTUCKY...FAR SOUTHERN OHIO

INTO WEST VIRGINIA NEAR AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF

CINCINNATI OHIO TO 40 MILES EAST OF CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR

TORNADOES AND 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.



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AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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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