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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 133

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

250 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       CENTRAL INTO EASTERN KENTUCKY

       EASTERN TENNESSEE

       FAR WESTERN VIRGINIA



EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 250 PM UNTIL

1000 PM EDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 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 60 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH OF JACKSON

KENTUCKY TO 80 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF LONDON KENTUCKY.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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 131...WW 132...



DISCUSSION...BROKEN LINE OF SUPERCELLS WILL CONTINUE DEVELOPING

ENEWD ACROSS WW THROUGH THE EARLY TO MID EVENING.  SHEAR REMAINS

VERY STRONG AND WILL SUPPORT AT LEAST A THREAT OF ISOLATED

TORNADOES...ALONG WITH LIKELY POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING

WINDS FROM THE STRONGER STORMS.



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

400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.





...EVANS

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