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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
515 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN MORROW COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
RICHLAND COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 513 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
LEXINGTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MANSFIELD...
ONTARIO...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE NOW AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

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LAT...LON 4051 8271 4064 8288 4071 8281 4071 8273
4079 8273 4099 8254 4099 8242 4082 8242
4078 8237 4073 8238
TIME...MOT...LOC 2115Z 224DEG 35KT 4066 8269

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Athens County, OH

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
211 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
AREAS

IN KENTUCKY THIS WATCH INCLUDES 4 COUNTIES

IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY

BOYD CARTER GREENUP
LAWRENCE

IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 9 COUNTIES

IN SOUTHEAST OHIO

ATHENS GALLIA JACKSON
LAWRENCE MEIGS MORGAN
PERRY VINTON WASHINGTON

IN VIRGINIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES

IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

BUCHANAN DICKENSON

IN WEST VIRGINIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 34 COUNTIES

IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA

BRAXTON CALHOUN CLAY
GILMER JACKSON NICHOLAS
ROANE WEBSTER

IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA

BARBOUR DODDRIDGE HARRISON
LEWIS PLEASANTS POCAHONTAS
RANDOLPH RITCHIE TAYLOR
TYLER UPSHUR WIRT
WOOD

IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA

BOONE FAYETTE KANAWHA
LINCOLN LOGAN MCDOWELL
MINGO PUTNAM RALEIGH
WYOMING

IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA

CABELL MASON WAYNE

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ALUM CREEK...
AMHERSTDALE-ROBINETTE...ASHLAND...ATHENS...BECKLEY...BELINGTON...
BELMONT...BELPRE...BRIDGEPORT...BUCKHANNON...BURNSVILLE...
CEREDO...CHAPMANVILLE...CHARLESTON...CHATTAROY...CLARKSBURG...
CLAY...CLINTWOOD...COWEN...CRAIGSVILLE...CROOKSVILLE...
ELIZABETH...ELKINS...FAYETTEVILLE...FLATWOODS...FLATWOODS...
GALLIPOLIS...GARY...GASSAWAY...GILBERT CREEK...GLENVILLE...
GRAFTON...GRANTSVILLE...GRAYSON...GRUNDY...HAMDEN...HAMLIN...
HARRISVILLE...HARTS...HOLDEN...HUNTINGTON...HURRICANE...IRONTON...
JACKSON...KENOVA...LOGAN...LOUISA...MADISON...MALLORY...MALTA...
MAN...MARIETTA...MARLINTON...MCARTHUR...MCCONNELSVILLE...
MIDDLEBOURNE...MONTGOMERY...MULLENS...NEW HAVEN...NEW LEXINGTON...
OAK HILL...OAK HILL...OCEANA...OLIVE HILL...PADEN CITY...
PARKERSBURG...PENNSBORO...PHILIPPI...PINEVILLE...POINT PLEASANT...
POMEROY...RACELAND...RAVENSWOOD...RICHWOOD...RIPLEY...RUSSELL...
SISTERSVILLE...SOMERSET...SOUTH CHARLESTON...SOUTH POINT...
SPENCER...ST. MARYS...STOCKPORT...SUMMERSVILLE...SUTTON...
SWITZER...TEAYS VALLEY...VANSANT...VIENNA...WAR...WAYNE...WELCH...
WELLSTON...WEST HAMLIN...WEST UNION...WESTON AND WILLIAMSON.

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Coshocton County, OH

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
211 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
AREAS

IN MARYLAND THIS WATCH INCLUDES 1 COUNTY

IN WESTERN MARYLAND

GARRETT

IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 11 COUNTIES

IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO

BELMONT CARROLL COLUMBIANA
COSHOCTON GUERNSEY HARRISON
JEFFERSON OH MONROE MUSKINGUM
NOBLE TUSCARAWAS

IN PENNSYLVANIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 15 COUNTIES

IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA

FOREST MERCER VENANGO

IN SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA

ALLEGHENY BEAVER FAYETTE
GREENE WASHINGTON WESTMORELAND

IN WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA

ARMSTRONG BUTLER CLARION
INDIANA JEFFERSON PA LAWRENCE

IN WEST VIRGINIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 9 COUNTIES

IN NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA

BROOKE HANCOCK MARSHALL
OHIO

IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA

MARION MONONGALIA PRESTON
TUCKER WETZEL

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ALIQUIPPA...AMBRIDGE...APOLLO...
BARNESVILLE...BEAVER...BEAVER FALLS...BELLAIRE...BETHANY...
BRIDGEPORT...BROCKWAY...BROOKVILLE...BUTLER...CADIZ...CALCUTTA...
CALDWELL...CALIFORNIA...CAMBRIDGE...CANONSBURG...CARROLLTON...
CHARLEROI...CLARION...COLUMBIANA...CONNELLSVILLE...COSHOCTON...
DAVIS...DONORA...DOVER...EAST LIVERPOOL...EAST PALESTINE...
ELLWOOD CITY...FAIRDALE...FAIRMONT...FARRELL...FORD CITY...
FRANKLIN...FREEPORT...GRANTSVILLE...GREENSBURG...GREENVILLE...
GROVE CITY...HERMITAGE...HOPEDALE...INDIANA...JEANNETTE...
KINGWOOD...KITTANNING...LATROBE...LEECHBURG...MARTINS FERRY...
MCMURRAY...MONACA...MONESSEN...MONONGAHELA...MORGANTOWN...
MOUNDSVILLE...NEW CASTLE...NEW KENSINGTON...NEW MARTINSVILLE...
NEW PHILADELPHIA...OAKLAND MD...OHIOPYLE...OIL CITY...PARSONS...
PITTSBURGH METRO AREA...PUNXSUTAWNEY...REYNOLDSVILLE...SALEM...
SHADYSIDE...SHARON...ST. CLAIRSVILLE...STEUBENVILLE...
SUGARCREEK...TERRA ALTA...THOMAS...TIONESTA...UHRICHSVILLE...
UNIONTOWN...WASHINGTON...WAYNESBURG...WEIRTON...WELLSVILLE...
WHEELING...WOODSFIELD...ZANESVILLE AND ZELIENOPLE.

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