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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 97
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   SEL7
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 97
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   230 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          PARTS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY
          PARTS OF WESTERN VIRGINIA
          MUCH OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 230 PM UNTIL
   800 PM EST.
   
   HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES 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 60
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH
   NORTHWEST OF LONDON KENTUCKY TO 25 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
   DUBLIN VIRGINIA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).
   
   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 96...
   
   DISCUSSION...INTENSE UPPER TROUGH AND DEEPENING SURFACE LOW MOVING
   ACROSS TN VALLEY.  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG
   COLD FRONT CENTRAL KY WILL INTENSIFY AND MOVE RAPIDLY NEWD ACROSS
   WATCH AREA.  PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS.
   
   AVIATION...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 450. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 24040.
   
   
   ...HALES
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