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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 144
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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 144
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   555 PM CDT FRI MAY 7 2010
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          PARTS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
          PARTS OF SOUTHERN INDIANA
          MUCH OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY
          SMALL PART OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
          PARTS OF SOUTHWEST OHIO
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 555 PM
   UNTIL 100 AM 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 55
   STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST OF PADUCAH
   KENTUCKY TO 40 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF CINCINNATI OHIO.  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 143...
   
   DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING IN NUMBER AND INTENSITY ALONG
   THE COLD FRONT FROM CENTRAL IND SWWD TO SERN MO.  AS DEEPENING
   TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED STRONG WIND FIELDS APPROACH FROM THE
   WEST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE COMMON
   ALONG/AHEAD OF EWD MOVING COLD FRONT.  PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE LARGE
   HAIL AND AS STORMS DEVELOP INTO LINE SEGMENTS/BOWS WIND DAMAGE WILL
   BECOME MORE LIKELY DURING THE EVENING.
   
   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 24035.
   
   
   ...HALES
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