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WWUS20 KWNS 291326

SEL7

SPC WW 291326

KYZ000-OHZ000-291800-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 47

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

830 AM EST WED FEB 29 2012



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       NORTHERN KENTUCKY

       SOUTHERN OHIO



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 830 AM UNTIL

100 PM EST.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS

TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF

CINCINNATI OHIO TO 55 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF CINCINNATI OHIO.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



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 44...WW 45...WW 46...



DISCUSSION...NE/SW SQLN OVER SRN IND/CNTRL KY EXPECTED TO CONTINUE E

AT ABOUT 50 KTS.  ASSOCIATED EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS MAY CONTINUE POSE

RISK FOR ISOLD TORNADOES AND DMGG WIND...DESPITE MARGINAL DEGREE OF

SFC-BASED INSTABILITY...GIVEN VERY STRONG LOW TO MID TROPOSPHERIC

FLOW/SHEAR.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND

GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26050.





...CORFIDI

