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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 12
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1225 PM EST THU JAN 13 2005
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          EASTERN KENTUCKY
          FAR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
          SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL OHIO
          EAST TENNESSEE
          SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
          WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1225 PM UNTIL
   600 PM EST.
   
   HAIL TO 0.5 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 80 STATUTE MILES
   EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF PARKERSBURG
   WEST VIRGINIA TO 55 MILES EAST OF CHATTANOOGA TENNESSEE.
   
   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 10...WW 11...
   
   DISCUSSION...DOWNSLOPE SLY FLOW W OF THE CNTRL APLCNS WILL RESULT IN
   MODEST LOW LEVEL DESTABILIZATION AHEAD N/S CONVECTIVE BAND NOW
   CROSSING CNTRL/ERN KY AND MIDDLE TN.  COUPLED WITH STRENGTHENING
   WIND FIELD AND FRONTOGENETIC FORCING ASSOCIATED WITH EJECTING UPPER
   IMPULSE NOW OVER MO/AR...THREAT MAY INCREASE FOR DOWNWARD MOMENTUM
   TRANSFER/DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AS CONVECTIVE BAND CONTINUES EWD.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 300. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 22045.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI