SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 625
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
550 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 2004
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
SOUTHERN INDIANA
MUCH OF KENTUCKY
EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON FROM 550 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.
HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 130 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 70 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
EVANSVILLE INDIANA TO 40 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF BOWLING GREEN
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.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 621...WW 622...WW 623...WW
624...
DISCUSSION...INTENSE BOW ECHO OVER CENTRAL IND WILL TRACK
SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS WW AREA DURING THE EVENING. VERY
MOIST/UNSTABLE AIRMASS AND APPROACHING UPPER TROUGH WILL MAINTAIN
INTENSITY OF STORMS FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS...WITH A RISK OF VERY
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. LEADING EDGE OF STORMS SHOULD
APPROACH THE KY/TN BORDER AROUND 03Z.
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 32040.
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