WWUS20 KWNS 191941 SEL5 SPC WW 191941 INZ000-KYZ000-VAZ000-WVZ000-200300- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 495 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 340 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2012 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN INDIANA CENTRAL AND EASTERN KENTUCKY WESTERN VIRGINIA SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 340 PM UNTIL 1100 PM EDT. HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF BLUEFIELD WEST VIRGINIA TO 65 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5). 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. DISCUSSION...BOWING MCS WITH A HISTORY OF SEVERE WIND GUSTS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE SEWD WITH PREFERENTIAL UPSHEAR DEVELOPMENT ALONG WRN/NWRN FLANK OF SYSTEM. DAMAGING WINDS WILL REMAIN THE PRIMARY HAZARD THOUGH SOME HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. AVIATION...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 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 32030. ...MEAD