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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 17

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

550 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       FAR NORTHWEST GEORGIA

       EASTERN KENTUCKY

       SOUTHERN OHIO

       EASTERN TENNESSEE

       FAR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

       FAR WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 550 AM UNTIL

100 PM 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 55 MILES SOUTH OF KNOXVILLE

TENNESSEE TO 5 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF HUNTINGTON WEST VIRGINIA.

 FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



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 14...WW 15...WW 16...



DISCUSSION...QLCS WITH A HISTORY OF WIND DAMAGE OVER CNTRL KY/MIDDLE

TN IS EXPECTED TO PROGRESS EWD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS MORNING.

THOUGH INSTABILITY REMAINS VERY WEAK...INTENSE VERTICAL SHEAR AND

FORCING FOR ASCENT WILL MAINTAIN EMBEDDED LEWP STRUCTURES CAPABLE OF

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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