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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 555
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   SEL5
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 555
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   450 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN KENTUCKY
          PARTS OF SOUTHERN OHIO
          PARTS OF WESTERN VIRGINIA
          LARGE PART OF WEST VIRGINIA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 450 PM UNTIL
   1100 PM EDT.
   
   HAIL TO 2.5 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 85
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES EAST
   NORTHEAST OF ELKINS WEST VIRGINIA TO 65 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
   LEXINGTON KENTUCKY.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE
   THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
   
   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...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 549. WATCH NUMBER 549 WILL NOT
   BE IN EFFECT AFTER 450 PM EDT. CONTINUE...WW 550...WW 551...WW
   552...WW 553...WW 554...
   
   DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG AND
   AHEAD OF COLD FRONT NOW MOVING SEWD ACROSS THE UPPER OH RIVER
   VALLEY.  WITH MDTLY UNSTABLE AIRMASS ALONG WITH 40KT OF
   SHEAR...POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL PERSIST
   WITH STORMS THRU THE EVENING.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 27030.
   
   
   ...HALES
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