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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 62

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

420 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       EASTERN KENTUCKY

       SOUTHEAST OHIO

       WESTERN VIRGINIA

       WESTERN AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA



EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON FROM 420 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST.



...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...



DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...

THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE

POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 70 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF

JACKSON KENTUCKY TO 25 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF PARKERSBURG WEST

VIRGINIA.  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...CONTINUE...WW 57...WW 58...WW 59...WW

60...WW 61...



DISCUSSION...MULTIPLE SUPERCELLS WITH A HISTORY OF TORNADOES OVER

CNTRL KY ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD EWD INTO THE WATCH AREA LATE THIS

AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT WITHIN EXPANDING WARM SECTOR OF INTENSIFYING

EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONE.  THOUGH REGION WILL REMAIN ON THE ERN

ENVELOPE OF STRONGER INSTABILITY...THE PRESENCE OF VERY STRONG

VERTICAL SHEAR AND ESTABLISHED SUPERCELL STRUCTURES INDICATES A HIGH

LIKELIHOOD FOR SIGNIFICANT TORNADOES.  SOME CONSOLIDATION OF

NRN-MOST SUPERCELLS INTO A FAST-MOVING BOW ECHO SYSTEM IS POSSIBLE

WHICH WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCE THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD

DAMAGING WINDS.  LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY SUSTAINED

SUPERCELLS.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 25045.





...MEAD

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