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Tornado Watch 193
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Low Very Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Very Low Very Low

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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Tornado Watch Number 193
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   215 PM EDT Mon May 18 2020

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Tornado Watch for portions of 
     Eastern Kentucky
     Central and Southern Ohio

   * Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 215 PM until
     900 PM EDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     A couple tornadoes possible
     Isolated damaging wind gusts to 60 mph possible

   SUMMARY...Bands of storms including a few semi-discrete/embedded
   supercells aside from more prevalent bowing segments will continue
   to increase and organize within a moist environment ahead of an
   eastward-moving cold front.

   The tornado watch area is approximately along and 45 statute miles
   east and west of a line from 45 miles north northwest of Columbus OH
   to 30 miles south southwest of London KY. For a complete depiction
   of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS
   WOU3).

   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.

   &&

   AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
   surface and aloft to 0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
   gusts to 50 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 400. Mean
   storm motion vector 21030.

   ...Guyer
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