

073 

WWUS20 KWNS 270140

SEL4

SPC WW 270140

KYZ000-270800-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 444

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

940 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHERN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY



* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 940 PM

  UNTIL 400 AM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 75

    MPH POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTH

SOUTHWEST OF BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY TO 20 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF

LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE

THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 443...



DISCUSSION...BEST-ORGANIZED SEGMENT OF MCS WILL MOVE SEWD ACROSS OH

RIVER INTO WW WITH POTENTIAL FOR OCNL DAMAGING GUSTS...AS WELL AS

ISOLATED LARGE HAIL.  REF SPC MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1474 FOR MORE

NEAR-TERM FCST DETAILS.



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 600. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 30030.





...EDWARDS

