Severe Thunderstorm Watch 552

Issued

Jul 29, 2002, 4:30 PM EDT (20:30 UTC)

Expired

Jul 29, 2002, 10:00 PM EDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WWUS20 KWNS 292031
SEL2  
SPC WW 292030
INZ000-KYZ000-OHZ000-LEZ000-300200-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 552
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
430 PM EDT MON JUL 29 2002

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

   SOUTHEAST INDIANA                            
   EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY                           
   MUCH OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN OHIO                              
   SOUTHERN LAKE ERIE                          

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 430 PM UNTIL 1000
PM EDT.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 70 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF CINCINNATI
OHIO TO 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLEVELAND OHIO.

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 550...WW 551...

DISCUSSION...LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER INDIANA IS EXPECTED
TO SWEEP EASTWARD ACROSS OHIO THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.  EMBEDDED
BOW ECHOES IN THE LINE WILL POSE THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS...WHILE
ISOLATED INTENSE STORMS AHEAD OF LINE COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70
KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.  MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 26040.

...HART

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.