URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 297
   STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   438 AM CDT MON MAY 13 2002
   
   THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
                              
      EASTERN KENTUCKY                           
      MIDDLE AND EASTERN TENNESSEE                          
      FAR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA                           
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING FROM 445 AM UNTIL 1000 AM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 60
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 130 STATUTE MILES
   EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 85 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF NASHVILLE
   TENNESSEE TO 70 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF LONDON KENTUCKY.
   
   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...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 296.  WATCH NUMBER 296 WILL NOT BE
   IN EFFECT AFTER 445 AM CDT.
   
   DISCUSSION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS/POSSIBLE SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO
   PERSIST IN WARM ADVECTION ZONE AHEAD OF DEVELOPING OH VLY SURFACE
   WAVE...WHERE MODERATE /40 KT/ WSWLY UNIDRECTIONAL DEEP SHEAR WILL
   PREVAIL.  PERSISTENT UPDRAFTS MAY YIELD SOME HAIL AND LOCALLY
   DAMAGING WIND.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 50
   KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.  MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 24035.
   
   ...CORFIDI