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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 97

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

230 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       PARTS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY

       PARTS OF WESTERN VIRGINIA

       MUCH OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 230 PM UNTIL

800 PM EST.



HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES 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 60

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH

NORTHWEST OF LONDON KENTUCKY TO 25 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF

DUBLIN VIRGINIA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



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.



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 96...



DISCUSSION...INTENSE UPPER TROUGH AND DEEPENING SURFACE LOW MOVING

ACROSS TN VALLEY.  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG

COLD FRONT CENTRAL KY WILL INTENSIFY AND MOVE RAPIDLY NEWD ACROSS

WATCH AREA.  PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS.



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 24040.





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