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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 505
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1255 PM EDT Thu Jul 4 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Southeast Indiana
  Northern and Central Kentucky

* Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 1255 PM
  until 700 PM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...A line of thunderstorms should strengthen further this
afternoon as it moves eastward while posing a threat for scattered
severe/damaging winds up to 55-70 mph. A brief tornado or two
embedded within the line may also occur.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 35
statute miles north and south of a line from 50 miles west southwest
of Louisville KY to 80 miles east of Lexington KY. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

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
27035.

...Gleason