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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 129
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Low Very Low

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   SEL9
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 129
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   120 AM CDT FRI APR 10 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHERN INDIANA
          WESTERN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY
          WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING FROM 120 AM UNTIL 900 AM CDT.
   
   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 75
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
   JACKSON TENNESSEE TO 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF EVANSVILLE INDIANA. 
   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 127...WW 128...
   
   DISCUSSION...FAR WRN KY/TN SQLN EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ENE IN ZONE OF
   STRONG ASCENT IN EXIT REGION OF 70 KT MID LVL JET STREAK.  AREA WIND
   PROFILES...GRADUALLY INCREASING MOISTURE AVAILABILITY...AND
   RELATIVELY LARGE LOW-LVL TEMP-DEW POINT SPREADS SUGGEST CONTINUED
   CHANCE FOR LOCALLY DMGG WIND/MARGINALLY SVR HAIL...AND PERHAPS AN
   ISOLD TORNADO.
   
   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 26060.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
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