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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 514

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

520 PM CDT TUE JUL 24 2012



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       CENTRAL AND EASTERN KENTUCKY



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 520 PM UNTIL

1000 PM CDT.



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 45

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTHWEST

OF BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY TO 30 MILES EAST OF LONDON KENTUCKY.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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...CONTINUE...WW 509...WW 510...WW

511...WW 512...WW 513...



DISCUSSION...TSTMS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST ACROSS THE WATCH AREA

THIS EVENING WITHIN AN ENVIRONMENT CHARACTERIZED BY MLCAPE OF AROUND

3000 J/KG AND DCAPE OF 1300-1500 J/KG.  WHEN COUPLED WITH AROUND 30

KT OF DEEP...NWLY SHEAR...SETUP WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR ISOLATED

OCCURRENCES OF HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.



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 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 36015.





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