URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 674
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
505 PM CDT FRI JUL 30 2004
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN INDIANA
CENTRAL KENTUCKY
EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 505 PM UNTIL 1000
PM CDT.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 45 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY
TO 35 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF LEXINGTON KENTUCKY.
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND 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.
DISCUSSION...SHEAR PROFILES AND MDT/STG INSTABILITY ARE FAVORABLE
FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF MID LEVEL
TROUGH. STORMS EXPECTED TO INCREASE AND INTENSIFY WITH ISOLATED
TORNADOES POSSIBLE WITH ANY SUPERCELL ALONG WITH DAMAGING DOWNBURST
WINDS.
