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Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation Msg
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
282 WWUS20 KWNS 051609 SEL6 SPC WW 051609 KYZ000-OHZ000-VAZ000-WVZ000-052300- 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. && 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