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Tornado Watch 93
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   SEL3
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 93
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   625 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHERN INDIANA
          CENTRAL KENTUCKY
          MIDDLE TENNESSEE
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY EVENING FROM 625 PM UNTIL 1100 PM CDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
   GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
   AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 40 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF
   LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY TO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CROSSVILLE
   TENNESSEE.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
   
   REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
   TORNADOES AND 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.
   
   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 90...WW 91...WW 92...
   
   DISCUSSION...LINE OF SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO TRACK
   EASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL KY/MIDDLE TN.  SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY
   SUGGESTS STORMS MAY PERSIST FOR ANOTHER 2-3 HOURS WITH A CONTINUED
   THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22030.
   
   
   ...HART
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