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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 305
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WW0305 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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   SEL5

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 305
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   910 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

   * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
     CENTRAL AND EASTERN KENTUCKY
     SOUTHERN OHIO
     WESTERN AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA

   * EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 910 AM UNTIL
     200 PM EDT.

   * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
     SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY
     SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 100
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF
   PARKERSBURG WEST VIRGINIA TO 25 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF BOWLING
   GREEN KENTUCKY.  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.

   &&

   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 303...WW 304...

   DISCUSSION...AIDED BY FORCING ASSOCIATED WITH A SHORT WAVE IMPULSE
   PIVOTING ACROSS THE LOWER OHIO TOWARD THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS
   THROUGH MID DAY...A CLUSTER OF STORMS IS IN THE PROCESS OF EVOLVING.
    ACTIVITY IS NOW GENERALLY FOCUSED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF A COLD
   FRONT AND OUTFLOW FROM STORMS CURRENTLY APPROACHING THE MID ATLANTIC
   COAST...BETWEEN CINCINNATI AND LOUISVILLE.  HOWEVER...SOUTHWARD
   DEVELOPMENT OF STORMS ALONG THE FRONT TOWARD THE TENNESSEE BORDER IS
   POSSIBLE AS THE FRONT ADVANCES SOUTHEASTWARD INTO THE CUMBERLAND
   PLATEAU.  POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS PROBABLY WILL INCREASE
   AS THE MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER AHEAD OF STORMS CONTINUES TO WARM AND
   DESTABILIZE.

   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 28040.


   ...KERR
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