MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0884
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0526 PM CDT FRI MAY 09 2003
AREAS AFFECTED...NRN/ERN KY
CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 318...
VALID 092226Z - 092330Z
AN ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MAY BE NEEDED SOON ACROSS
ERN KY. ONGOING ACTIVITY CONTINUES WITH THREAT OF DAMAGING
WINDS/HAIL ACROSS NRN KY IN WW 318.
TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR SDF AND NEAR LEX AT
2220Z...MOVING 290/25KT. CURRENT STORM MOTION TAKES ERN STORM ACROSS
SRN FAYETTE...CLARK...AND NRN MADISON COUNTIES IN KY DURING THE NEXT
HOUR. ACTIVITY WILL APPROACH JKL AREA AROUND 10/0030Z. MOIST
UNSTABLE AIRMASS WITH 100MB MLCAPE VALUES AROUND 2000 J/KG AND
DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 60S SUGGEST THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE FOR
THE NEXT FEW HOURS WITH THREAT OF HAIL/DAMAGING WINDS...BEFORE
WEAKENING LATE THIS EVENING. IF CURRENT TRENDS PERSIST...A NEW
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WILL BE NEEDED ACROSS ERN KY.
..BANACOS.. 05/09/2003
ATTN...WFO...RLX...JKL...ILN...LMK...
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