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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 765

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

320 PM EDT FRI OCT 9 2009



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       EASTERN KENTUCKY

       FAR SOUTHEAST OHIO

       SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA



EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 320 PM UNTIL 700

PM EDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS

TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTH OF LONDON

KENTUCKY TO 75 MILES NORTHEAST OF JACKSON KENTUCKY.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR

TORNADOES AND 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.



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 763...WW 764...



DISCUSSION...BROKEN LINE OF LOW-TOPPED TSTMS...INCLUDING SUPERCELLS

AND SMALL BOW ECHOES...WILL LIKELY CONTINUE DEVELOPING ENEWD ACROSS

WW THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING.  WIND DAMAGE IS MOST LIKELY SEVERE

THREAT WITH THESE STORMS...ALTHOUGH STRONG LOW LEVEL SHEAR AND

CONTINUED DESTABILIZATION WILL ALSO SUSTAIN A RISK OF ISOLATED

TORNADOES.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND

GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 350.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.





...EVANS

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