WW 379 TORNADO IN KY 251955Z – 260300Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 379
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
355 PM EDT Sun Jun 25 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Tornado Watch for portions of
Southern Indiana
Western and central Kentucky
* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 355 PM until
1100 PM EDT.
* Primary threats include...
A few tornadoes likely with a couple intense tornadoes possible
Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 80
mph likely
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5
inches in diameter possible
SUMMARY...Trailing supercells should further increase across the
Lower Ohio Valley and eventually cluster into an east-southeast
moving MCS into central Kentucky later this evening.
The tornado watch area is approximately along and 105 statute miles
east and west of a line from 55 miles north northeast of Louisville
KY to 45 miles south southeast of Owensboro KY. 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.
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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 374...WW 375...WW
376...WW 377...WW 378...
AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
surface and aloft to 2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
gusts to 70 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 600. Mean
storm motion vector 28035.
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