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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 132

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

540 AM EDT SUN MAY 2 2010



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       CENTRAL AND EASTERN KENTUCKY



EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING FROM 540 AM UNTIL NOON EDT.



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

TO 75 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 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BOWLING

GREEN KENTUCKY TO 25 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF LEXINGTON KENTUCKY.

 FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO

WATCH NUMBER 129. WATCH NUMBER 129 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER

540 AM EDT. CONTINUE...WW 131...



DISCUSSION...QUASI-LINEAR CONVECTIVE SYSTEM WITH EMBEDDED BOW/LEWP

FEATURES EXPECTED TO MOVE EWD ACROSS WW AREA INTO AT LEAST MRGLLY

UNSTABLE AIR MASS...AMIDST STG LOW-LEVEL AND DEEP-LAYER SHEAR...AS

PER SPC MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 459.



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

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

GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25040.





...EDWARDS/CORFIDI

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