WW 436 SEVERE TSTM KY OH VA WV 022045Z – 030400Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 436 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 445 PM EDT Sun Jul 2 2023 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Eastern Kentucky Southeast Ohio Far southwest Virginia Western to central West Virginia * Effective this Sunday afternoon from 445 PM until Midnight EDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible SUMMARY...Multicell clusters will spread east-northeast across parts of the Cumberland Plateau and Ohio Valley and may linger through much of the evening over the central and southern Appalachians. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70 statute miles east and west of a line from 30 miles south southeast of London KY to 20 miles north northeast of Parkersburg 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 430...WW 431...WW 432...WW 433...WW 434...WW 435... 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 25035. ...Grams
