Storm Prediction Center Severe Thunderstorm Watch 138
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 138
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
325 PM EDT Mon Apr 14 2025
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Central and Eastern Kentucky
Southern Ohio
Far Southwestern Pennsylvania
Southwestern Virginia
West Virginia
* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 325 PM until
1100 PM EDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
inches in diameter possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY...Thunderstorms coverage is expected to increase over the
next few hours along and ahead of a cold front pushing eastward
across the region. Environmental conditions support strong to severe
storms. An initially cellular mode will favor large hail and
damaging gusts before a transition to a more linear storm mode
favors primarily damaging gusts.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 80
statute miles north and south of a line from 30 miles west of
Lexington KY to 60 miles north northeast of White Sulphur Springs
WV. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch
outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
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.
&&
AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
24040.
...Mosier
Note:
The Aviation Watch (SAW) product is an approximation to the watch area.
The actual watch is depicted by the shaded areas.
SAW8
WW 138 SEVERE TSTM KY OH PA VA WV 141925Z - 150300Z
AXIS..80 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF LINE..
30W LEX/LEXINGTON KY/ - 60NNE SSU/WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS WV/
..AVIATION COORDS.. 70NM N/S /21ESE IIU - 22SSE EKN/
HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..2 INCHES. WIND GUSTS..60 KNOTS.
MAX TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.
LAT...LON 39188515 39747990 37417990 36878515
THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION TO THE WATCH AREA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE WOUS64 KWNS
FOR WOU8.
Watch 138 Status Report Messages:
STATUS REPORT #5 ON WW 138
VALID 150050Z - 150140Z
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 60 SW LEX TO
20 NW JKL TO 25 NNE JKL TO 20 E HTS TO 30 ENE CRW TO 20 SSW EKN
TO 20 ESE EKN TO 40 E EKN.
..BENTLEY..04/15/25
ATTN...WFO...LMK...JKL...RLX...ILN...PBZ...RNK...
&&
STATUS REPORT FOR WS 138
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
KYC019-025-051-063-065-071-109-115-119-125-127-129-131-133-153-
159-175-189-193-195-197-199-203-237-150140-
KY
. KENTUCKY COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
BOYD BREATHITT CLAY
ELLIOTT ESTILL FLOYD
JACKSON JOHNSON KNOTT
LAUREL LAWRENCE LEE
LESLIE LETCHER MAGOFFIN
MARTIN MORGAN OWSLEY
PERRY PIKE POWELL
PULASKI ROCKCASTLE WOLFE
$$
VAC005-009-011-017-021-023-027-029-045-051-071-121-155-161-163-
185-530-580-678-750-770-775-150140-
VA
. VIRGINIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ALLEGHANY AMHERST APPOMATTOX
BATH BLAND BOTETOURT
BUCHANAN BUCKINGHAM CRAIG
DICKENSON GILES MONTGOMERY
PULASKI ROANOKE ROCKBRIDGE
TAZEWELL
VIRGINIA INDEPENDENT CITIES INCLUDED ARE
BUENA VISTA COVINGTON LEXINGTON
RADFORD ROANOKE SALEM
$$
WVC005-007-011-015-019-025-039-043-045-047-055-059-063-067-075-
079-081-083-089-099-101-109-150140-
WV
. WEST VIRGINIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
BOONE BRAXTON CABELL
CLAY FAYETTE GREENBRIER
KANAWHA LINCOLN LOGAN
MCDOWELL MERCER MINGO
MONROE NICHOLAS POCAHONTAS
PUTNAM RALEIGH RANDOLPH
SUMMERS WAYNE WEBSTER
WYOMING
$$
THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$
STATUS REPORT #4 ON WW 138
VALID 142355Z - 150040Z
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 65 ENE BWG
TO 30 SSE LEX TO 20 NNW JKL TO 20 SW HTS TO 25 NW CRW TO 20 WSW
EKN TO 5 SSE EKN TO 35 ENE EKN.
..BENTLEY..04/14/25
ATTN...WFO...LMK...JKL...RLX...ILN...PBZ...RNK...
&&
STATUS REPORT FOR WS 138
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
KYC001-009-019-021-025-045-051-063-065-071-079-087-099-109-115-
119-123-125-127-129-131-133-137-151-153-155-159-165-169-175-189-
193-195-197-199-203-207-217-237-150040-
KY
. KENTUCKY COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ADAIR BARREN BOYD
BOYLE BREATHITT CASEY
CLAY ELLIOTT ESTILL
FLOYD GARRARD GREEN
HART JACKSON JOHNSON
KNOTT LARUE LAUREL
LAWRENCE LEE LESLIE
LETCHER LINCOLN MADISON
MAGOFFIN MARION MARTIN
MENIFEE METCALFE MORGAN
OWSLEY PERRY PIKE
POWELL PULASKI ROCKCASTLE
RUSSELL TAYLOR WOLFE
$$
VAC005-009-011-017-021-023-027-029-045-051-071-121-155-161-163-
185-530-580-678-750-770-775-150040-
VA
. VIRGINIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ALLEGHANY AMHERST APPOMATTOX
BATH BLAND BOTETOURT
BUCHANAN BUCKINGHAM CRAIG
DICKENSON GILES MONTGOMERY
PULASKI ROANOKE ROCKBRIDGE
TAZEWELL
VIRGINIA INDEPENDENT CITIES INCLUDED ARE
BUENA VISTA COVINGTON LEXINGTON
RADFORD ROANOKE SALEM
$$
WVC005-007-011-015-019-025-039-043-045-047-053-055-059-063-067-
075-079-081-083-087-089-099-101-109-150040-
WV
. WEST VIRGINIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
BOONE BRAXTON CABELL
CLAY FAYETTE GREENBRIER
KANAWHA LINCOLN LOGAN
MCDOWELL MASON MERCER
MINGO MONROE NICHOLAS
POCAHONTAS PUTNAM RALEIGH
RANDOLPH ROANE SUMMERS
WAYNE WEBSTER WYOMING
$$
THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$
STATUS REPORT #3 ON WW 138
VALID 142315Z - 150040Z
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 45 SW LEX TO
20 SSE LEX TO 30 W HTS TO 15 NNW HTS TO 30 NNW CRW TO 45 SE PKB
TO 10 NW EKN TO 25 NE EKN.
..BENTLEY..04/14/25
ATTN...WFO...LMK...JKL...RLX...ILN...PBZ...RNK...
&&
STATUS REPORT FOR WS 138
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
KYC001-009-019-021-025-043-045-049-051-063-065-071-079-087-089-
099-109-115-119-123-125-127-129-131-133-137-151-153-155-159-165-
169-173-175-189-193-195-197-199-203-205-207-217-237-150040-
KY
. KENTUCKY COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ADAIR BARREN BOYD
BOYLE BREATHITT CARTER
CASEY CLARK CLAY
ELLIOTT ESTILL FLOYD
GARRARD GREEN GREENUP
HART JACKSON JOHNSON
KNOTT LARUE LAUREL
LAWRENCE LEE LESLIE
LETCHER LINCOLN MADISON
MAGOFFIN MARION MARTIN
MENIFEE METCALFE MONTGOMERY
MORGAN OWSLEY PERRY
PIKE POWELL PULASKI
ROCKCASTLE ROWAN RUSSELL
TAYLOR WOLFE
$$
OHC087-150040-
OH
. OHIO COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
LAWRENCE
$$
VAC005-009-011-017-021-023-027-029-045-051-071-121-155-161-163-
185-530-580-678-750-770-775-150040-
VA
. VIRGINIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ALLEGHANY AMHERST APPOMATTOX
BATH BLAND BOTETOURT
BUCHANAN BUCKINGHAM CRAIG
DICKENSON GILES MONTGOMERY
PULASKI ROANOKE ROCKBRIDGE
TAZEWELL
VIRGINIA INDEPENDENT CITIES INCLUDED ARE
BUENA VISTA COVINGTON LEXINGTON
RADFORD ROANOKE SALEM
$$
WVC005-007-011-013-015-019-021-025-035-039-041-043-045-047-053-
055-059-063-067-075-079-081-083-087-089-097-099-101-109-
150040-
WV
. WEST VIRGINIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
BOONE BRAXTON CABELL
CALHOUN CLAY FAYETTE
GILMER GREENBRIER JACKSON
KANAWHA LEWIS LINCOLN
LOGAN MCDOWELL MASON
MERCER MINGO MONROE
NICHOLAS POCAHONTAS PUTNAM
RALEIGH RANDOLPH ROANE
SUMMERS UPSHUR WAYNE
WEBSTER WYOMING
$$
THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$
STATUS REPORT #2 ON WW 138
VALID 142240Z - 142340Z
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 25 ESE SDF
TO 30 NE LEX TO 55 WNW HTS TO 25 WSW UNI TO 20 SW PKB TO 10 SSE
PKB TO 35 ESE PKB TO 40 WNW EKN TO 30 NW EKN TO 25 S MGW TO 25 NE
MGW.
..BENTLEY..04/14/25
ATTN...WFO...LMK...JKL...RLX...ILN...PBZ...RNK...
&&
STATUS REPORT FOR WS 138
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
KYC001-005-009-011-017-019-021-025-043-045-049-051-063-065-067-
069-071-073-079-087-089-097-099-109-113-115-119-123-125-127-129-
131-133-135-137-151-153-155-159-165-167-169-173-175-179-181-189-
193-195-197-199-203-205-207-209-211-215-217-229-237-239-
142340-
KY
. KENTUCKY COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ADAIR ANDERSON BARREN
BATH BOURBON BOYD
BOYLE BREATHITT CARTER
CASEY CLARK CLAY
ELLIOTT ESTILL FAYETTE
FLEMING FLOYD FRANKLIN
GARRARD GREEN GREENUP
HARRISON HART JACKSON
JESSAMINE JOHNSON KNOTT
LARUE LAUREL LAWRENCE
LEE LESLIE LETCHER
LEWIS LINCOLN MADISON
MAGOFFIN MARION MARTIN
MENIFEE MERCER METCALFE
MONTGOMERY MORGAN NELSON
NICHOLAS OWSLEY PERRY
PIKE POWELL PULASKI
ROCKCASTLE ROWAN RUSSELL
SCOTT SHELBY SPENCER
TAYLOR WASHINGTON WOLFE
WOODFORD
$$
OHC053-079-087-105-145-142340-
OH
. OHIO COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
GALLIA JACKSON LAWRENCE
MEIGS SCIOTO
$$
VAC005-017-021-023-027-045-051-071-121-155-161-185-580-750-770-
775-142340-
VA
. VIRGINIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ALLEGHANY BATH BLAND
BOTETOURT BUCHANAN CRAIG
DICKENSON GILES MONTGOMERY
PULASKI ROANOKE TAZEWELL
VIRGINIA INDEPENDENT CITIES INCLUDED ARE
COVINGTON RADFORD ROANOKE
SALEM
$$
WVC005-007-011-013-015-019-021-025-035-039-041-043-045-047-053-
055-059-063-067-075-077-079-081-083-085-087-089-093-097-099-101-
105-109-142340-
WV
. WEST VIRGINIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
BOONE BRAXTON CABELL
CALHOUN CLAY FAYETTE
GILMER GREENBRIER JACKSON
KANAWHA LEWIS LINCOLN
LOGAN MCDOWELL MASON
MERCER MINGO MONROE
NICHOLAS POCAHONTAS PRESTON
PUTNAM RALEIGH RANDOLPH
RITCHIE ROANE SUMMERS
TUCKER UPSHUR WAYNE
WEBSTER WIRT WYOMING
$$
THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$
STATUS REPORT #1 ON WW 138
VALID 142205Z - 142340Z
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 30 ENE SDF
TO 40 SSE LUK TO 30 SSE CMH.
..LYONS..04/14/25
ATTN...WFO...LMK...JKL...RLX...ILN...PBZ...RNK...
&&
STATUS REPORT FOR WS 138
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
KYC001-005-009-011-017-019-021-025-043-045-049-051-063-065-067-
069-071-073-079-087-089-097-099-109-113-115-119-123-125-127-129-
131-133-135-137-151-153-155-159-165-167-169-173-175-179-181-189-
193-195-197-199-203-205-207-209-211-215-217-229-237-239-
142340-
KY
. KENTUCKY COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ADAIR ANDERSON BARREN
BATH BOURBON BOYD
BOYLE BREATHITT CARTER
CASEY CLARK CLAY
ELLIOTT ESTILL FAYETTE
FLEMING FLOYD FRANKLIN
GARRARD GREEN GREENUP
HARRISON HART JACKSON
JESSAMINE JOHNSON KNOTT
LARUE LAUREL LAWRENCE
LEE LESLIE LETCHER
LEWIS LINCOLN MADISON
MAGOFFIN MARION MARTIN
MENIFEE MERCER METCALFE
MONTGOMERY MORGAN NELSON
NICHOLAS OWSLEY PERRY
PIKE POWELL PULASKI
ROCKCASTLE ROWAN RUSSELL
SCOTT SHELBY SPENCER
TAYLOR WASHINGTON WOLFE
WOODFORD
$$
OHC001-009-053-073-079-087-105-115-127-131-141-145-163-167-
142340-
OH
. OHIO COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ADAMS ATHENS GALLIA
HOCKING JACKSON LAWRENCE
MEIGS MORGAN PERRY
PIKE ROSS SCIOTO
VINTON WASHINGTON
$$
VAC005-017-021-023-027-045-051-071-121-155-161-185-580-750-770-
775-142340-
VA
. VIRGINIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ALLEGHANY BATH BLAND
BOTETOURT BUCHANAN CRAIG
DICKENSON GILES MONTGOMERY
PULASKI ROANOKE TAZEWELL
VIRGINIA INDEPENDENT CITIES INCLUDED ARE
COVINGTON RADFORD ROANOKE
SALEM
$$
WVC001-005-007-011-013-015-017-019-021-025-033-035-039-041-043-
045-047-049-053-055-059-061-063-067-073-075-077-079-081-083-085-
087-089-091-093-095-097-099-101-103-105-107-109-142340-
WV
. WEST VIRGINIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
BARBOUR BOONE BRAXTON
CABELL CALHOUN CLAY
DODDRIDGE FAYETTE GILMER
GREENBRIER HARRISON JACKSON
KANAWHA LEWIS LINCOLN
LOGAN MCDOWELL MARION
MASON MERCER MINGO
MONONGALIA MONROE NICHOLAS
PLEASANTS POCAHONTAS PRESTON
PUTNAM RALEIGH RANDOLPH
RITCHIE ROANE SUMMERS
TAYLOR TUCKER TYLER
UPSHUR WAYNE WEBSTER
WETZEL WIRT WOOD
WYOMING
$$
THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$
Probability of 1 or more strong (EF2-EF5) tornadoes
Low (5%)
Wind
Probability of 10 or more severe wind events
Mod (60%)
Probability of 1 or more wind events > 65 knots
Low (20%)
Hail
Probability of 10 or more severe hail events
Mod (40%)
Probability of 1 or more hailstones > 2 inches
Mod (30%)
Combined Severe Hail/Wind
Probability of 6 or more combined severe hail/wind events
High (90%)
For each watch, probabilities for particular events inside the watch
(listed above in each table) are determined by the issuing forecaster.
The “Low” category contains probability values ranging from less than 2%
to 20% (EF2-EF5 tornadoes), less than 5% to 20% (all other probabilities),
“Moderate” from 30% to 60%, and “High” from 70% to greater than 95%.
High values are bolded and lighter in color to provide awareness of
an increased threat for a particular event.
