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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 199

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

915 PM EDT Tue May 7 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of 

  Northeast Kentucky

  Eastern Ohio

  Northwest West Virginia



* Effective this Tuesday night and Wednesday morning from 915 PM

  until 400 AM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes likely

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Intense thunderstorms over western Ohio will track

eastward across the watch area this evening and tonight, posing a

risk of damaging winds, hail, and a few tornadoes.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 55 statute miles

east and west of a line from 10 miles west northwest of Akron OH to

30 miles east of Huntington WV. For a complete depiction of the

watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for

tornadoes and 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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 196...WW 197...WW 198...



AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean

storm motion vector 25030.



...Hart