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SPC WW 101644

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 554

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1245 PM EDT Mon Aug 10 2026



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 

  Northeast Kentucky

  Southeast Ohio

  Central West Virginia



* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 1245 PM until

  800 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms over southeast Ohio are expected to persist

through the afternoon and spread across the watch area.  Locally

damaging winds are possible with the strongest storms.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45

statute miles north and south of a line from 60 miles west northwest

of Huntington WV to 10 miles south of Elkins WV. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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 552...WW 553...



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

29030.



...Hart