WW 506 SEVERE TSTM KY OH VA WV 051610Z – 052300Z
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 506
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1210 PM EDT Fri Jul 5 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Eastern Kentucky
Far Southern Ohio
Far Western Virginia
West Virginia
* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 1210 PM until
700 PM EDT.
* Primary threats include…
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 60 mph possible
SUMMARY…Clusters of storms will pose a damaging wind risk as they
progress east-northeastward across the region through the afternoon.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65
statute miles north and south of a line from 10 miles west northwest
of Jackson KY to 25 miles east northeast of Beckley 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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AVIATION…A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 50 knots. A few
cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
25025.
…Guyer
