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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 213
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
200 PM EDT FRI MAY 2 2025
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST INDIANA
EASTERN KENTUCKY
SOUTHWEEST OHIO
EAST TENNESSEE
EXTREME SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 200 PM UNTIL
900 PM EDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...LINES AND CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL KENTUCKY
AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE WILL TRACK NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON, POSING A RISK OF DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF
CINCINNATI OH TO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHATTANOOGA TN. FOR A COMPLETE
DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
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.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 209...WW 210...WW
211...WW 212...
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.
...HART
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