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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 265

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

430 AM CDT FRI MAY 8 2009



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

       MIDDLE TENNESSEE



EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING FROM 430 AM UNTIL 900 AM CDT.



HAIL TO 2 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 90

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTH OF

NASHVILLE TENNESSEE TO 25 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF BOWLING GREEN

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 262...WW 264...



DISCUSSION...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS REMAINS QUITE STRONG AS IT TRACKS

SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS KY INTO MIDDLE TN.  BOW/LEWP STRUCTURES ALONG

THE LINE WILL REMAIN CAPABLE OF LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL FOR

ANOTHER FEW HOURS.



AVIATION...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 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 30030.





...HART

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