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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 326
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WW0326 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL6
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 326
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   300 PM CDT WED JUN 3 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          WESTERN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 300 PM UNTIL
   800 PM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 2 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 45
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 85 MILES EAST
   NORTHEAST OF BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY TO 45 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST
   OF FORT CAMPBELL KENTUCKY.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH
   SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
   
   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 325...
   
   DISCUSSION...THE THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE
   FOCUSED IN A SMALL AREA OF WRN/CENTRAL KY THIS AFTERNOON.  THE
   SOMEWHAT STRONGER DEEP LAYER FLOW/SHEAR IS CONFINED TO AREAS CLOSER
   TO THE OH RIVER AND THE SWD MOVING COLD FRONT...WHILE AN APPROACHING
   CONVECTIVE SYSTEM FROM THE W AND A REMNANT OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ACROSS
   SE/CENTRAL KY LIMIT THE WRN AND ERN EXTENTS OF THE SEVERE
   THREAT...RESPECTIVELY.  THE COMBINATION OF EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR OF
   30-35 KT AND MODERATE INSTABILITY WILL SUPPORT A FEW ORGANIZED
   CLUSTERS...AND POTENTIALLY SUPERCELLS CLOSER TO THE COLD
   FRONT...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.  THE
   SEVERE THREAT IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TOWARD SUNSET AS A RESULT OF
   CONVECTIVE OVERTURNING AND THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 27020.
   
   
   ...THOMPSON
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