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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 444
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WW0444 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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   SEL4
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 444
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   335 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA
          WESTERN KENTUCKY
          PARTS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 335 PM UNTIL
   900 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 80
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTHWEST
   OF FORT CAMPBELL KENTUCKY TO 30 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF BOWLING
   GREEN KENTUCKY.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
   
   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 439...WW 440...WW
   441...WW 442...WW 443...WW 445...
   
   DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN THE VICINITY
   OF A SURFACE BOUNDARY EXTENDING WWD FROM CENTRAL KY INTO FAR SRN IL
   WHERE THE AIR MASS HAS BECOME VERY UNSTABLE /MLCAPE 3000-4000 J/KG/.
   STRENGTHENING DEEP LAYER SHEAR ACROSS THIS REGION WILL SUPPORT
   ORGANIZED...SPLITTING STORMS WITH HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE
   PRIMARY THREATS AS ACTIVITY SPREADS ESEWD ACROSS THE WATCH.
   
   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 31030.
   
   
   ...PETERS/HALES
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