The National Weather Service in Charleston West Virginia has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Boyd County in northeastern Kentucky...
Greenup County in northeastern Kentucky...
Southwestern Gallia County in southeastern Ohio...
Southern Jackson County in southeastern Ohio...
Lawrence County in southeastern Ohio...

* Until 700 PM EDT.

* At 555 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles northeast
of Vanceburg, or 15 miles southwest of Portsmouth, moving east at
55 mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable
tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes,
roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include...
Flatwoods, Adamsville, Waterloo, Westwood, Raceland, Ironton,
Greenbo Lake, Worthington, Grays Branch, Coal Grove, Aid, Oak Hill,
Greenup, Lake Vesuvius, Load, Gallia, Mabee, South Shore, Scottown,
and Bellefonte.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

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THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE;
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED;
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN;
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED;
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
138 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 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                 TAYLOR                WEBSTER

IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA

BARBOUR               DODDRIDGE             HARRISON
LEWIS                 PLEASANTS             POCAHONTAS
RANDOLPH              RITCHIE               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, ASHLAND, ATHENS, BECKLEY,
BELINGTON, BELMONT, BELPRE, BREAKS INTERSTATE PARK, BRIDGEPORT,
BUCKHANNON, BURNSVILLE, CANNONSBURG, CARTER CAVES STATE PARK,
CEREDO, CHAPMANVILLE, CHARLESTON, CLARKSBURG, CLAY, CLINTWOOD,
COWEN, CRAIGSVILLE, CROOKSVILLE, DAVENPORT, ELIZABETH, ELKINS,
FAYETTEVILLE, FLATWOODS, GALLIPOLIS, GARY, GASSAWAY, GLENVILLE,
GRAFTON, GRANTSVILLE, GRAYSON, GRAYSON LAKE STATE PARK, GRUNDY,
HAMDEN, HAMLIN, HARRISVILLE, HARTS, HOLLY RIVER STATE PARK,
HUNTINGTON, HURLEY, HURRICANE, IRONTON, JACKSON, KENOVA,
LAKE VESUVIUS, LOGAN, LOUISA, MADISON, MAN, MARIETTA, MARLINTON,
MCARTHUR, MCCONNELSVILLE, MIDDLEBOURNE, 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, SAINT ALBANS, SISTERSVILLE, SOMERSET, SOUTH CHARLESTON,
SOUTH POINT, SPENCER, ST. MARYS, STOCKPORT, SUMMERSVILLE, SUTTON,
TEAYS VALLEY, VANSANT, VIENNA, WAR, WAYNE, WEBSTER SPRINGS,
WELCH, WELLSTON, WEST UNION, WESTON, WILLIAMSON,
AND YATESVILLE LAKE STATE PARK.