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SEL6
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 316
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
100 PM EDT Sun May 26 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Eastern Indiana
Northeast Kentucky
Western and Central Ohio
Western West Virginia
* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 100 PM until
800 PM EDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY...A bowing complex of severe thunderstorms will continue
moving rapidly northeast posing a risk for damaging wind gusts, and
a tornado or two. Isolated instances of large hail will also be
possible.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles either side of a line from 70 miles north of Dayton OH
to 30 miles south southeast of Huntington WV. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
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 315...
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
24045.
...Bunting
SEL6
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 316
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
100 PM EDT Sun May 26 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Eastern Indiana
Northeast Kentucky
Western and Central Ohio
Western West Virginia
* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 100 PM until
800 PM EDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY...A bowing complex of severe thunderstorms will continue
moving rapidly northeast posing a risk for damaging wind gusts, and
a tornado or two. Isolated instances of large hail will also be
possible.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles either side of a line from 70 miles north of Dayton OH
to 30 miles south southeast of Huntington WV. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
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 315...
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
24045.
...Bunting
Note:
The Aviation Watch (SAW) product is an approximation to the watch area.
The actual watch is depicted by the shaded areas.
SAW6
WW 316 SEVERE TSTM IN KY OH WV 261700Z - 270000Z
AXIS..60 STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF LINE..
70N DAY/DAYTON OH/ - 30SSE HTS/HUNTINGTON WV/
..AVIATION COORDS.. 50NM EITHER SIDE /38NNW ROD - 50SSW HNN/
HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..1.5 INCHES. WIND GUSTS..60 KNOTS.
MAX TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24045.
LAT...LON 41338321 38388137 37538329 40488522
THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION TO THE WATCH AREA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE WOUS64 KWNS
FOR WOU6.
Watch 316 Status Report Messages:
STATUS REPORT #3 ON WW 316
VALID 262200Z - 262340Z
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 10 NE CRW TO
25 SSW PKB TO 15 SSE ZZV TO 15 NNW ZZV TO 20 S MFD TO 30 W MFD TO
10 WNW FDY TO 20 SW TOL TO 10 W TOL.
..LYONS..05/26/24
ATTN...WFO...IWX...ILN...IND...JKL...LMK...RLX...CLE...
&&
STATUS REPORT FOR WS 316
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
OHC033-063-077-139-147-173-175-262340-
OH
. OHIO COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
CRAWFORD HANCOCK HURON
RICHLAND SENECA WOOD
WYANDOT
$$
THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$
STATUS REPORT #2 ON WW 316
VALID 262015Z - 262140Z
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 30 NW JKL TO
40 W HTS TO 35 NW HTS TO 40 W UNI TO 25 SSW CMH TO 25 E DAY TO 5
ESE DAY TO 20 W DAY TO 30 ENE MIE TO 30 NNW FWA.
..LYONS..05/26/24
ATTN...WFO...IWX...ILN...IND...JKL...LMK...RLX...CLE...
&&
STATUS REPORT FOR WS 316
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
INC001-003-075-262140-
IN
. INDIANA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ADAMS ALLEN JAY
$$
KYC019-043-063-089-127-165-175-205-237-262140-
KY
. KENTUCKY COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
BOYD CARTER ELLIOTT
GREENUP LAWRENCE MENIFEE
MORGAN ROWAN WOLFE
$$
OHC003-009-011-021-023-033-037-041-045-049-053-063-065-073-077-
079-083-087-089-091-097-101-105-107-109-115-117-125-127-129-137-
139-141-147-149-159-161-163-173-175-262140-
OH
. OHIO COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ALLEN ATHENS AUGLAIZE
CHAMPAIGN CLARK CRAWFORD
DARKE DELAWARE FAIRFIELD
FRANKLIN GALLIA HANCOCK
HARDIN HOCKING HURON
JACKSON KNOX LAWRENCE
LICKING LOGAN MADISON
MARION MEIGS MERCER
MIAMI MORGAN MORROW
PAULDING PERRY PICKAWAY
PUTNAM RICHLAND ROSS
SENECA SHELBY UNION
VAN WERT VINTON WOOD
WYANDOT
$$
WVC011-035-043-053-079-099-262140-
WV
. WEST VIRGINIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
CABELL JACKSON LINCOLN
MASON PUTNAM WAYNE
$$
THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$
STATUS REPORT #1 ON WW 316
VALID 261835Z - 261940Z
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA.
..LYONS..05/26/24
ATTN...WFO...IWX...ILN...IND...JKL...LMK...RLX...CLE...
&&
STATUS REPORT FOR WS 316
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
INC001-003-009-029-031-035-041-047-065-075-115-135-137-139-155-
161-177-179-261940-
IN
. INDIANA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ADAMS ALLEN BLACKFORD
DEARBORN DECATUR DELAWARE
FAYETTE FRANKLIN HENRY
JAY OHIO RANDOLPH
RIPLEY RUSH SWITZERLAND
UNION WAYNE WELLS
$$
KYC011-015-017-019-023-037-041-043-063-069-077-081-089-097-115-
117-127-135-161-165-175-181-187-191-201-205-237-261940-
KY
. KENTUCKY COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
BATH BOONE BOURBON
BOYD BRACKEN CAMPBELL
CARROLL CARTER ELLIOTT
FLEMING GALLATIN GRANT
GREENUP HARRISON JOHNSON
KENTON LAWRENCE LEWIS
MASON MENIFEE MORGAN
NICHOLAS OWEN PENDLETON
ROBERTSON ROWAN WOLFE
$$
OHC001-003-009-011-015-017-021-023-025-027-033-037-041-045-047-
049-053-057-061-063-065-071-073-077-079-083-087-089-091-097-101-
105-107-109-113-115-117-125-127-129-131-135-137-139-141-145-147-
149-159-161-163-165-173-175-261940-
OH
. OHIO COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ADAMS ALLEN ATHENS
AUGLAIZE BROWN BUTLER
CHAMPAIGN CLARK CLERMONT
CLINTON CRAWFORD DARKE
DELAWARE FAIRFIELD FAYETTE
FRANKLIN GALLIA GREENE
HAMILTON HANCOCK HARDIN
HIGHLAND HOCKING HURON
JACKSON KNOX LAWRENCE
LICKING LOGAN MADISON
MARION MEIGS MERCER
MIAMI MONTGOMERY MORGAN
MORROW PAULDING PERRY
PICKAWAY PIKE PREBLE
PUTNAM RICHLAND ROSS
SCIOTO SENECA SHELBY
UNION VAN WERT VINTON
WARREN WOOD WYANDOT
$$
WVC011-035-043-053-079-099-261940-
WV
. WEST VIRGINIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
CABELL JACKSON LINCOLN
MASON PUTNAM WAYNE
$$
THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$
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Tornadoes
Probability of 2 or more tornadoes
|
Low (20%)
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Probability of 1 or more strong (EF2-EF5) tornadoes
|
Low (5%)
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Wind
Probability of 10 or more severe wind events
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Mod (60%)
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Probability of 1 or more wind events > 65 knots
|
Low (10%)
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Hail
Probability of 10 or more severe hail events
|
Mod (40%)
|
Probability of 1 or more hailstones > 2 inches
|
Low (20%)
|
Combined Severe Hail/Wind
Probability of 6 or more combined severe hail/wind events
|
High (90%)
|
For each watch, probabilities for particular events inside the watch
(listed above in each table) are determined by the issuing forecaster.
The "Low" category contains probability values ranging from less than 2%
to 20% (EF2-EF5 tornadoes), less than 5% to 20% (all other probabilities),
"Moderate" from 30% to 60%, and "High" from 70% to greater than 95%.
High values are bolded and lighter in color to provide awareness of
an increased threat for a particular event.
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