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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 15

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

435 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       CENTRAL AND EASTERN KENTUCKY



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 435 AM UNTIL NOON EST.



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 60 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 75 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

LONDON KENTUCKY TO 35 MILES NORTH OF LEXINGTON 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 12...WW 13...WW 14...



DISCUSSION...A QLCS WITH EMBEDDED LEWP STRUCTURES WILL CONTINUE EWD

ACROSS THE WATCH AREA EARLY THIS MORNING.  WHILE THE AIR MASS IS

EXPECTED TO REMAIN ONLY VERY WEAKLY UNSTABLE...THE PRESENCE OF

STRONG FORCING FOR ASCENT AND INTENSE LOW-LEVEL AND DEEP-LAYER SHEAR

WILL PROMOTE IN-LINE MESO-VORTICES WITH AN ATTENDANT THREAT FOR

DAMAGING WINDS AND PERHAPS A TORNADO OR TWO.



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 300.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22045.





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