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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 133

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

135 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHERN INDIANA

  MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY

  EXTREME SOUTHWEST OHIO

  PARTS OF WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 135 PM UNTIL

  800 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING FROM WESTERN TENNESSEE TO

WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN INDIANA...AND THESE STORMS SHOULD

INCREASE SOME IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WHILE

SPREADING EASTWARD.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF

PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED DAMAGING GUSTS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTH

NORTHWEST OF LEXINGTON KENTUCKY TO 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JACKSON

TENNESSEE.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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

TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 50

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 27030.





...THOMPSON

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