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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 349
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
335 AM CDT THU JUN 18 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN INDIANA
NORTHERN AND EASTERN KENTUCKY
SOUTHERN OHIO
WEST VIRGINIA
* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING FROM 335 AM UNTIL 1000 AM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
A FEW TORNADOES AND A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY
ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...WELL-ORGANIZED/FAST-MOVING STORMS INCLUDING AN INTENSE
LINEAR BOWING SYSTEM AND SOME EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS WILL CONTINUE
EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS, WITH CONTINUED
DAMAGING WIND AND TORNADO POTENTIAL WITHIN A STRONGLY SHEARED
ENVIRONMENT.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE KY TO 45
MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF BECKLEY 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 347...WW 348...
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN
STORM MOTION VECTOR 29040.
...GUYER
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