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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 111
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WW0111 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   SEL1
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 111...CORRECTED
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   345 PM EDT TUE APR 16 2013
   
   CORRECTED FOR WORDING IN FIRST SECTION
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   
   * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
     SOUTHEAST INDIANA
     NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KENTUCKY
     SOUTHERN AND EASTERN OHIO
     WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
     NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA
   
   * EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 345 PM UNTIL
     1100 PM EDT.
   
   * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
     SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE
     SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 120
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
   ATHENS OHIO TO 25 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF AKRON OHIO.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).
   
   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.
   
   &&
   
   DISCUSSION...THE ENVIRONMENT IS BECOMING CONDUCIVE TO THE EVOLUTION
   OF AN ORGANIZED CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS OHIO LATE THIS
   AFTERNOON ...WITH AN ACCOMPANYING RISK FOR LARGE HAIL AND STRONG
   WIND GUSTS AS IT DEVELOPS EASTWARD OR EAST SOUTHEASTWARD TOWARD THE
   WESTERN SLOPES OF THE NORTH CENTRAL APPALACHIANS THROUGH THIS
   EVENING.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 50
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 27035.
   
   
   ...KERR
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