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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 409

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

355 PM EDT Sat Aug 1 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Extreme northeast Kentucky

  Southern and eastern Ohio

  Southwest Pennsylvania

  Central and northern West Virginia



* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 355 PM until

  1100 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Severe thunderstorms will continue to increase in coverage

through the evening and pose a risk for scattered damaging winds and

perhaps a tornado or two.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55

statute miles north and south of a line from 40 miles north

northwest of Huntington WV to 20 miles east northeast of Morgantown

WV. 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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AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few

cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector

24025.



...Bunting

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