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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 115

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

605 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       CENTRAL AND EASTERN KENTUCKY

       SOUTHERN OHIO



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 605 PM

UNTIL 100 AM EDT.



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 75

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES NORTH

NORTHEAST OF JACKSON KENTUCKY TO 70 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEXINGTON

KENTUCKY.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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 111...WW 112...WW

113...WW 114...



DISCUSSION...SQLN APPROACHING THE OH RVR SHOULD CONTINUE ESE AT

ABOUT 30-35 KTS... WITH NEW STORMS POSSIBLY FORMING ALONG WEAK N/S

MOISTURE BOUNDARY / WARM FRONT NEAR OWB/BWG.  PART OF SQLN MOVING

INTO NERN KY MAY TRANSITION INTO NARROWER SYSTEM POSING MORE OF A

HIGH WIND THREAT AS IT ENCOUNTERS DRIER BUT DEEPLY MIXED AIR IN ERN

KY.  IN CNTRL AND SE KY...A MORE COMPLEX EVOLUTION/STORM MODE MAY

UNFOLD AS PARTS OF EXISTING SQLN MERGE WITH STORMS ALONG THE OWB/BWG

BOUNDARY.  THREATS HERE MAY INCLUDE LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLY A

TORNADO...IN ADDITION TO STRONG 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 450. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 27035.





...CORFIDI

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