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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 681
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1245 PM CDT Tue Sep 24 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Southeast Indiana
  Central and Eastern Kentucky
  Southwest Ohio
  Tennessee

* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 1245 PM until
  700 PM CDT.

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

SUMMARY...Scattered strong to severe storms will continue to develop
this afternoon across a broad region, with damaging winds and some
hail as the most common hazards.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles east and west of a line from 55 miles northeast of
Cincinnati OH to 65 miles south southwest of Nashville TN. 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.

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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
24030.

...Guyer