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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 445
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1210 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHERN INDIANA
          CENTRAL AND EASTERN KENTUCKY
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON FROM 1210 PM UNTIL 500 PM EDT.
   
   HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 70 STATUTE MILES
   NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF BOWLING
   GREEN KENTUCKY TO 35 MILES EAST OF JACKSON KENTUCKY.
   
   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.
   
   DISCUSSION...STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY
   AS THEY MOVE FROM SRN IND INTO KY.  AIR MASS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE
   AND WITH DEVELOPING COLD POOL ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS...WIND
   DAMAGE POTENTIAL WILL BE ON THE INCREASE.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 26035.
   
   
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