WW 316 SEVERE TSTM IN KY OH WV 261700Z – 270000Z
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 316
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
100 PM EDT Sun May 26 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Eastern Indiana
Northeast Kentucky
Western and Central Ohio
Western West Virginia
* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 100 PM until
800 PM EDT.
* Primary threats include…
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY…A bowing complex of severe thunderstorms will continue
moving rapidly northeast posing a risk for damaging wind gusts, and
a tornado or two. Isolated instances of large hail will also be
possible.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles either side of a line from 70 miles north of Dayton OH
to 30 miles south southeast of Huntington WV. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
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 315…
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
24045.
…Bunting
