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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 9
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WW0009 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Very Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Very Low Very Low

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   SEL9
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 9
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   215 AM EST MON JAN 23 2012
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA
          CENTRAL AND EASTERN KENTUCKY
          SOUTHERN OHIO
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING FROM 215 AM UNTIL 900 AM EST.
   
   HAIL TO 0.5 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 75
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF
   CINCINNATI OHIO TO 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LONDON KENTUCKY.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).
   
   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 7...WW 8...
   
   DISCUSSION...CNTRL IND/KY SQLN EXPECTED TO CONTINUE EWD INTO OH AND
   ERN KY THROUGH LATER THIS MORNING.  AREA VWP DATA SHOW STRENGTHENING
   SSWLY LLJ IMMEDIATELY AHEAD OF LINE...WITH 850 MB SPEEDS NOW AROUND
   80 KTS.  THE LLJ SHOULD REMAIN STRONG AS ASSOCIATED UPR VORT NOW
   ENTERING WRN KY ASSUMES MORE OF A NEGATIVE TILT AND HEADS NEWD. 
   THUS...DESPITE INCREASINGLY MORE HOSTILE LOW-LVL THERMODYNAMIC
   ENVIRONMENT FOR SVR SFC WINDS WITH EWD EXTENT...COMBINATION OF
   INCREASING NEAR-SFC FLOW WITH INCREASING DPVA AND RISING TERRAIN MAY
   SUPPORT A CONTINUED RISK FOR DMGG WIND EWD INTO WW AREA.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 300. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 24045.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
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