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