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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 199
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
915 PM EDT Tue May 7 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of
  Northeast Kentucky
  Eastern Ohio
  Northwest West Virginia

* Effective this Tuesday night and Wednesday morning from 915 PM
  until 400 AM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  A few tornadoes likely
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
    inches in diameter possible
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

SUMMARY...Intense thunderstorms over western Ohio will track
eastward across the watch area this evening and tonight, posing a
risk of damaging winds, hail, and a few tornadoes.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 55 statute miles
east and west of a line from 10 miles west northwest of Akron OH to
30 miles east of Huntington WV. For a complete depiction of the
watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).

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.

&&

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 196...WW 197...WW 198...

AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
surface and aloft to 2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean
storm motion vector 25030.

...Hart