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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 87
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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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   SEL7

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 87
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   110 PM EDT Wed Apr 8 2020

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Northeast Kentucky
     Far southern Ohio
     Western Virginia
     Southern West Virginia

   * Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 110 PM
     until 800 PM EDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
     Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

   SUMMARY...Widely scattered strong to severe thunderstorms will
   continue to develop and move east-southeastward across the region
   this afternoon. Strong deep-layer shear and steep mid-level lapse
   rates will support some supercells and other organized clusters
   capable of severe hail and locally damaging winds.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50
   statute miles north and south of a line from 30 miles north
   northwest of Lexington KY to 25 miles northeast of Dublin VA. For a
   complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
   update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

   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
   1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
   few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector
   28025.

   ...Guyer
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