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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 25

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

540 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA

       CENTRAL KENTUCKY

       PART OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 540 PM UNTIL

900 PM EST.



HAIL TO 0.5 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80

MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES WEST

NORTHWEST OF MUNCIE INDIANA TO 50 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF

CLARKSVILLE TENNESSEE.  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 24...



DISCUSSION...STRONG COLD FRONT IS DRIVING NARROW LINE OF

THUNDERSTORMS EWD ACROSS THE MS RIVER VALLEY LATE TODAY...WHICH WILL

CONTINUE RACING EWD AT OVER 50-60 MPH ACROSS WW THIS EVENING.  WIND

DAMAGE MAY BECOME WIDESPREAD WITH CONVECTION/COLD FRONT...ALONG SOME

EXTREME WIND GUSTS.  ALTHOUGH A BRIEF TORNADO MAY OCCUR GIVEN

INTENSE LOW LEVEL SHEAR...PRIMARY THREAT IS EXPECTED TO BE DAMAGING

WINDS.



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

TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 350. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 26045.





...EVANS

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