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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 211
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WW0211 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 211
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   230 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   
   * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
     EASTERN KENTUCKY
     WESTERN MARYLAND
     EASTERN OHIO
     WESTERN AND CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
     SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA
     WEST VIRGINIA
   
   * EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 230 PM
     UNTIL 1000 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 70
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF
   BRADFORD PENNSYLVANIA TO 60 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF JACKSON
   KENTUCKY.  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.
   
   &&
   
   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 210...
   
   DISCUSSION...AS SUB-CLOUD LAPSE RATES CONTINUE TO STEEPEN LATE THIS
   AFTERNOON...THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY
   FAVORABLE FOR STRENGTHENING SURFACE COLD POOLS WITH THUNDERSTORMS
   NOW DEVELOPING ALONG AND WEST OF THE APPALACHIANS.  AS THESE BEGIN
   TO CONSOLIDATE AND SUPPORT UPSCALE CONVECTIVE GROWTH...A BELT OF
   30-40 KT SOUTH SOUTHWESTERLY LOWER/MID TROPOSPHERIC FLOW NOSING
   THROUGH THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY TOWARD THE LOWER GREAT LAKES MAY
   ENHANCE STORM MOTION AND THE RISK FOR POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WIND
   GUSTS.
   
   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 24035.
   
   
   ...KERR
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