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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
254 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN ATHENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...NELSONVILLE...GLOUSTER...
  MORGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MCCONNELSVILLE...CHESTERHILL...
  PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SHAWNEE...PERRY STATE FOREST...NEW
  LEXINGTON...
  WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BEVERLY...

* UNTIL 330 AM EDT

* AT 252 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF PERRY STATE FOREST TO 10 MILES WEST OF
  SHAWNEE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ZANESVILLE TO 6 MILES
  NORTH OF LOGAN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  HACKNEY...FLEMING...EAGLEPORT...BURR OAK STATE PARK...BRISTOL...
  BARTLETT...TRIMBLE...STOCKPORT...RENDVILLE...NEW STRAITSVILLE...
  MALTA...MACKSBURG...LOWER SALEM...LOWELL...JUNCTION CITY...
  JACKSONVILLE...HEMLOCK...CROOKSVILLE...CORNING...CHAUNCEY...BUCHTEL
  AND AMESVILLE.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...I-77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
7 AND 17 IN OHIO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM EDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL
WEST VIRGINIA.

PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WIND TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...800-401-9535...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

YOU MAY ALSO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE
CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR
BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX.

&&

LAT...LON 3983 8216 3982 8207 3978 8207 3976 8164
      3968 8163 3966 8158 3959 8158 3959 8149
      3965 8147 3960 8134 3961 8127 3925 8181
      3947 8228 3947 8218 3955 8217 3960 8239
      3974 8238 3989 8216
TIME...MOT...LOC 0654Z 301DEG 28KT 3989 8199 3962 8239

$$

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