WW 545 SEVERE TSTM IN KY OH 241940Z – 250200Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 545 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 340 PM EDT Mon Jul 24 2023 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Southern Indiana Northern Kentucky Southwest Ohio * Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 340 PM until 1000 PM EDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will increase in coverage this afternoon in a moist and very unstable air mass. The strongest cells will pose a risk of damaging wind gusts and hail through the afternoon and early evening. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75 statute miles north and south of a line from 45 miles south southwest of Bloomington IN to 30 miles east of Columbus OH. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5). 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 544... 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 28030. ...Hart
