SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 193

WW 193 SEVERE TSTM KY 292225Z – 300500Z

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 193
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
525 PM CDT Tue Apr 29 2025

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  South-central and Eastern Kentucky

* Effective this Tuesday afternoon from 525 PM until Midnight
  CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...Clusters of storms will progress eastward across the
region this evening with isolated wind damage as the main severe
risk.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50
statute miles north and south of a line from 25 miles northwest of
Bowling Green KY to 40 miles south of Huntington WV. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

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 189...WW 190...WW
191...WW 192...

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
26025.

...Guyer

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