MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0884
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0526 PM CDT FRI MAY 09 2003
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...NRN/ERN KY
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 318...
   
   VALID 092226Z - 092330Z
   
   AN ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MAY BE NEEDED SOON ACROSS
   ERN KY. ONGOING ACTIVITY CONTINUES WITH THREAT OF DAMAGING
   WINDS/HAIL ACROSS NRN KY IN WW 318. 
   
   TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR SDF AND NEAR LEX AT
   2220Z...MOVING 290/25KT. CURRENT STORM MOTION TAKES ERN STORM ACROSS
   SRN FAYETTE...CLARK...AND NRN MADISON COUNTIES IN KY DURING THE NEXT
   HOUR. ACTIVITY WILL APPROACH JKL AREA AROUND 10/0030Z. MOIST
   UNSTABLE AIRMASS WITH 100MB MLCAPE VALUES AROUND 2000 J/KG AND
   DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 60S SUGGEST THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE FOR
   THE NEXT FEW HOURS WITH THREAT OF HAIL/DAMAGING WINDS...BEFORE
   WEAKENING LATE THIS EVENING. IF CURRENT TRENDS PERSIST...A NEW
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WILL BE NEEDED ACROSS ERN KY. 
   
   ..BANACOS.. 05/09/2003
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...RLX...JKL...ILN...LMK...
   
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