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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 495

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

340 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2012



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHERN INDIANA

       CENTRAL AND EASTERN KENTUCKY

       WESTERN VIRGINIA

       SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA



EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 340 PM UNTIL

1100 PM EDT.



HAIL TO 1 INCH 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 25 MILES EAST

SOUTHEAST OF BLUEFIELD WEST VIRGINIA TO 65 MILES WEST OF

LOUISVILLE 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.



DISCUSSION...BOWING MCS WITH A HISTORY OF SEVERE WIND GUSTS IS

EXPECTED TO CONTINUE SEWD WITH PREFERENTIAL UPSHEAR DEVELOPMENT

ALONG WRN/NWRN FLANK OF SYSTEM.  DAMAGING WINDS WILL REMAIN THE

PRIMARY HAZARD THOUGH SOME HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE.



AVIATION...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 500. MEAN STORM MOTION

VECTOR 32030.





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