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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 110

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1110 PM EDT FRI APR 8 2011



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       EASTERN KENTUCKY

       NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA

       SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

       FAR SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA



EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 1110 PM

UNTIL 500 AM EDT.



HAIL TO 1.5 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 70

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

NORTHWEST OF BLUEFIELD WEST VIRGINIA TO 60 MILES SOUTH OF DUBLIN

VIRGINIA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



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...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 107. WATCH NUMBER 107 WILL NOT

BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1110 PM EDT. CONTINUE...WW 108...WW 109...



DISCUSSION...TSTMS...INCLUDING A FEW SUSTAINED STORMS...EXPECTED TO

PERSIST ALONG EXISTING WNW-ESE ORIENTED BAND AS BAND CONTINUES TO

INTERCEPT MOISTENING WSW FLOW AND STEEP LAPSE RATES IN THE 850-700

MB LAYER.  SUFFICIENT CLOUD LAYER SHEAR EXISTS FOR A FEW SUSTAINED

STORMS WITH HAIL/LOCALLY DMGG WIND.



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

TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 29035.





...CORFIDI

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