SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 277

WW 277 SEVERE TSTM IN KY OH WV 272010Z - 280200Z

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 277
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
410 PM EDT Sat May 27 2017

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Southeast Indiana
  Eastern Kentucky
  Southern Ohio
  Much of West Virginia

* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 410 PM until
  1000 PM EDT.

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

SUMMARY...Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms will move across
the watch area this afternoon and evening, posing a risk of locally
damaging wind gusts and hail.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 40
statute miles north and south of a line from 30 miles northwest of
London KY to 95 miles east northeast of Charleston WV. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 275...WW 276...

AVIATION...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
27030.

...Hart

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