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WWUS20 KWNS 021906

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SPC WW 021906

INZ000-KYZ000-030200-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 16

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

310 PM EDT THU APR 2 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EXTREME SOUTHERN INDIANA

  WESTERN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 310 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF

FORT CAMPBELL KENTUCKY TO 35 MILES NORTH OF LEXINGTON KENTUCKY.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE INTENSIFYING OVER WESTERN

AND CENTRAL KY.  THIS ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS

THE WATCH AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...WITH THE

POTENTIAL FOR HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN THE STRONGEST CELLS.



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 25030.





...HART

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647 

WWUS20 KWNS 021906

SEL6

SPC WW 021906

INZ000-KYZ000-030200-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 16

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

310 PM EDT THU APR 2 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EXTREME SOUTHERN INDIANA

  WESTERN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 310 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF

FORT CAMPBELL KENTUCKY TO 35 MILES NORTH OF LEXINGTON KENTUCKY.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE INTENSIFYING OVER WESTERN

AND CENTRAL KY.  THIS ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS

THE WATCH AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...WITH THE

POTENTIAL FOR HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN THE STRONGEST CELLS.



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 25030.





...HART

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