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WWUS20 KWNS 101715
SEL9
SPC WW 101720
KYZ000-VAZ000-WVZ000-102300-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 339
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
120 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2003
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
EASTERN KENTUCKY
WESTERN VIRGINIA
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA
EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 120 PM UNTIL
700 PM EDT.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF JACKSON KENTUCKY
TO 35 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF DUBLIN VIRGINIA.
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.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 335...WW 336...WW 337...WW
338...
DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY OVER
EASTERN KY AND SPREAD EASTWARD INTO WV/VA. STRONG INSTABILITY AND
FAVORABLE SHEAR PROFILES ASSOCIATED WITH MID LEVEL JET MAX MAY
RESULT IN A FEW SUPERCELLS...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED
TORNADOES.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 26035.
...HART
384,0834 384,0802 362,0802 363,0834