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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 522

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

515 PM EDT Mon Jul 27 2026



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 

  Southeast Indiana

  Northern Kentucky

  Western into Southwest Ohio



* Effective this Monday afternoon from 515 PM until Midnight EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

  Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...A cluster of severe thunderstorms will move into the Watch

area through the early evening and primarily pose a risk for severe

gusts and wind damage (60 to 70 mph).  A brief tornado is possible

in addition to an isolated threat for hail up to around 1 inch in

diameter.  This activity will likely progress southeast through the

evening.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45

statute miles east and west of a line from 40 miles north northwest

of Dayton OH to 35 miles south of Cincinnati OH. 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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 520...WW 521...



AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few

cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector

30040.



...Smith