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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 120
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
High Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Very Low

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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 120
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   850 PM EDT SUN APR 5 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          EASTERN KENTUCKY
          SOUTHEAST OHIO
          EAST TENNESSEE
          SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA
          WESTERN AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 850 PM UNTIL
   200 AM 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 70
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF
   PARKERSBURG WEST VIRGINIA TO 20 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF KNOXVILLE
   TENNESSEE.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
   
   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 118...WW 119...
   
   DISCUSSION...BROKEN BANDS OF TSTMS FROM CNTRL KY SSW INTO MIDDLE
   TN...EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MAINLY ENE TO THE WRN FOOTHILLS OF THE
   CNTRL/SRN APPALCHAINAS LATER THIS EVE AS EWD ACCELERATION OF OH/TN
   VLY COLD FRONT ENHANCES LOW LVL UPLIFT.  STORMS WILL ENCOUNTER
   REGION LEFT WARM BUT RELATIVELY DRY FROM DOWNSLOPE FLOW EARLIER IN
   THE DAY.  COUPLED WITH STRONG HEIGHT FALLS/STRONG WIND FIELD
   DOWNSTREAM FROM IL UPR VORT...SETUP COULD CONTINUE TO YIELD
   STRUCTURES WITH SVR WINDS...MARGINALLY SVR HAIL...AND POSSIBLY A
   BRIEF TORNADO OR TWO.
   
   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 400. MEAN STORM MOTION
   VECTOR 22050.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
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