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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 18

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

220 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN KENTUCKY



EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 220 PM UNTIL

800 PM CST.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 95 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

LONDON KENTUCKY TO 65 MILES NORTH OF LONDON KENTUCKY.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR

TORNADOES AND 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.



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 16...WW 17...



DISCUSSION...WITH WARM FRONT MOVING NWD INTO CENTRAL/ERN

KY...CONDITIONS ARE NOW FAVORABLE FOR TORNADIC SUPERCELLS GIVEN THE

VERY STRONG SHEAR PROFILES IN PLACE.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23050.





...HALES

