MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0962
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1117 PM CDT THU MAY 27 2004
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...ECNTRL/ERN KY AND SRN WV
   
   CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 315...318...
   
   VALID 280417Z - 280515Z
   
   SEVERE WEATHER COVERAGE HAS DIMINISHED...BUT THREAT FOR DAMAGING
   WINDS AND BRIEF TORNADOES CONTINUES.
   
   TWO WELL-DEFINED BOW ECHOES CONTINUE TO TRANSLATE EWD ACROSS KY. 
   ONE WAS APPROACHING THE WV/KY BORDER NORTHEAST OF JACKSON IN THE
   COALFIELDS...THE OTHER UPSTREAM APPROACHING THE LOUISVILLE AREA. 
   OTHER TSTMS TRAIL BACK INTO FAR WEST KY TO NEAR PADUCAH.  STORMS ARE
   EMBEDDED WITHIN A DEEP WLY FLOW REGIME THAT WILL CONTINUE TO
   ENCOURAGE BOW ECHO DEVELOPMENT AS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES BECOME ORIENTED
   PERPENDICULAR TO THE MEAN FLOW.  THE MAJORITY OF THE BOW NEAR
   LOUISVILLE MAY MOVE OVER AREAS WHERE RECENT CONVECTION MOVED
   THROUGH...AND STRONGER WINDS MAY NOT REACH THE SURFACE AS IT TRACKS 
   TO AREAS NEAR/SOUTH OF LEXINGTON BETWEEN 05-06 UTC.  HOWEVER...AIR
   MASS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF ECNTRL/ERN KY REMAINS PRIMED FOR TSTMS.
   
   
   ISOLD TORNADOES WILL CONTINUE TO BE A THREAT AS WELL GIVEN THE
   STRONG SPEED SHEAR IN THE LOWEST LAYERS.  BUT THE PRIMARY THREAT
   WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS.
   
   TORNADO WATCH 315 IS SET TO EXPIRE AT 0500 UTC.  FAR SWRN PART OF
   THIS WATCH MAY BE IN LINE FOR DAMAGING WINDS FOR AN HOUR OR SO AFTER
   EXPIRATION.  BUT...A NEW WW IS NOT ANTICIPATED SINCE THE MAJORITY OF
   THE SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD MOVE INTO TORNADO WATCH 318.
   
   ..RACY.. 05/28/2004
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...RNK...RLX...MRX...JKL...ILN...LMK...OHX...
   
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