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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 28
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   SEL8
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 28...RESENT
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   810 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2008
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          EASTERN KENTUCKY
          OHIO
          MIDDLE INTO EASTERN TENNESSEE
          LAKE ERIE
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT FROM 810 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT 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 APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST
   NORTHWEST OF CLEVELAND OHIO TO 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CROSSVILLE
   TENNESSEE.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
   
   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 25...WW 27...
   
   DISCUSSION...BROKEN SQUALL LINE WILL CONTINUE TO BE FORCED BY STRONG
   COLD FRONT AND MID LEVEL TROUGH ADVANCING RAPIDLY EWD THIS EVENING. 
   FRONTAL CIRCULATION AND DEEP ASCENT SHOULD CONTINUE TO COMPENSATE
   FOR MEAGER INSTABILITY AND MAINTAIN DEEP MOIST CONVECTION ALONG THE
   FRONT FOR AT LEAST A FEW MORE HOURS BEFORE WANING LATER TONIGHT. 
   WIND DAMAGE WILL CONTINUE TO BE PRIMARY THREAT.
   
   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 350. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 26045.
   
   
   ...EVANS
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