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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 352

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

705 AM EDT TUE MAY 24 2011



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHERN AND EASTERN KENTUCKY

       MIDDLE AND EASTERN TENNESSEE

       FAR WESTERN VIRGINIA



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 705 AM UNTIL

200 PM EDT.



HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70

MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 75 MILES WEST

NORTHWEST OF CROSSVILLE TENNESSEE TO 60 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF

JACKSON KENTUCKY.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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.



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 351...



DISCUSSION...MAINLY ELEVATED TSTMS WILL POSE A SEVERE HAIL/PERHAPS

DAMAGING WIND THREAT EARLY THIS MORNING. MORE OF A DAMAGING WIND

THREAT MAY EVOLVE AFTER SUNRISE THIS MORNING AS ONGOING TSTMS

CONTINUE TO CONGEAL INTO A QUICKLY HEATING/DESTABILIZING BOUNDARY

LAYER.



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 450. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 24030.





...GUYER/CORFIDI

