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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 445

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

100 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL AND EASTERN KENTUCKY

  EAST TENNESSEE

  EXTREME SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 100 PM UNTIL

  800 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS

    TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 70 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF

LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY TO 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF BRISTOL TENNESSEE.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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DISCUSSION...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST ACROSS

THE WATCH AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...IN VICINITY OF A REMNANT

OUTFLOW BOUNDARY.  INCREASING INSTABILITY AND FAVORABLE SHEAR

PROFILES WILL PROMOTE THE RISK OF SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF VERY LARGE

HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 29030.





...HART

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