SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 589

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WW 589 SEVERE TSTM KY VA WV 012245Z - 020400Z

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 589
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
645 PM EDT Thu Aug 1 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Eastern Kentucky
  Southwest Virginia
  Southwest West Virginia

* Effective this Thursday night from 645 PM until Midnight EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 60 mph possible

SUMMARY...A squall line will move west to east across much of the
Watch area this evening.  Scattered strong to severe gusts (55-60
mph) capable of wind damage will be the primary hazard with the
stronger storms.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75
statute miles east and west of a line from 5 miles east northeast of
Huntington WV to 35 miles south southeast of London KY. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).

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.

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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 588...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 50 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
27030.

...Smith

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