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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 347
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WW0347 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   SEL7
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 347
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   500 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2011
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          WESTERN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY
          WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 500 PM UNTIL
   1100 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 90
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 5 MILES WEST OF
   OWENSBORO KENTUCKY TO 60 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JACKSON TENNESSEE. 
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).
   
   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 338...WW 340...WW
   341...WW 342...WW 343...WW 344...WW 345...WW 346...
   
   DISCUSSION...QLCS NEAR THE MS RIVER WILL LIKELY PERSIST AND MOVE EWD
   ACROSS WRN TN/KY...REACHING CENTRAL KY/MIDDLE TN TOWARD 00Z.  THE
   CONVECTION WILL BE MAINTAINED BY A SWATH OF MODERATE INSTABILITY E
   OF THE ONGOING STORMS...WITH 35-50 KT MIDLEVEL FLOW SUPPORTIVE OF
   ORGANIZED STORM STRUCTURES CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND
   LARGE HAIL.
   
   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 550. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 27035.
   
   
   ...THOMPSON
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