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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 154

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1255 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  FAR SOUTHERN INDIANA

  CENTRAL AND EASTERN KENTUCKY

  NORTHEAST TENNESSEE



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1255 PM

  UNTIL 800 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BOWLING

GREEN KENTUCKY TO 35 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF LEXINGTON KENTUCKY.

 FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 153...



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND

INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A SHORT-WAVE TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED

SURFACE LOW APPROACHING THE REGION FROM THE SOUTHWEST. BREAKS IN THE

CLOUDS COUPLED WITH A MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER WILL YIELD AFTERNOON

MLCAPE OF 1000-1500 J/KG. THIS INSTABILITY WILL ALIGN WITH CORRIDOR

OF STRENGTHENING VERTICAL SHEAR WHICH WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF

SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND A COUPLE OF

TORNADOES.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 22030.





...MEAD

