Severe Thunderstorm Watch 252

Issued

May 26, 2019, 1:38 PM EDT (17:38 UTC)

Expired

May 26, 2019, 9:00 PM EDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

1.5 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

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Two or more tornadoes

5%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

2%

Ten or more severe wind reports

50%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

20%

Ten or more severe hail reports

40%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

20%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

80%

• Mesoscale Discussion 809May 26, 1:09 PM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 811May 26, 1:45 PM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 814May 26, 4:29 PM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 819May 26, 6:28 PM EDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 261736
SEL2  
SPC WW 261736
INZ000-KYZ000-OHZ000-WVZ000-270100-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 252
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
140 PM EDT Sun May 26 2019

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Southern Indiana
  Parts of central and northern Kentucky
  Southern Ohio
  Much of West Virginia

* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 140 PM until
  900 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...Scattered thunderstorms are developing in a zone from
western Kentucky/southern Indiana eastward along the Ohio River to
West Virginia.  The storm environment will support a mix of
multicell clusters and supercells, with the primary threats of
damaging winds and large hail through this evening.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55
statute miles north and south of a line from 65 miles west of
Louisville KY to 80 miles east southeast of Parkersburg WV. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

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.

&&

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
27025.

...Thompson

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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.