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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 343 
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 
630 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2003

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 

       EASTERN KENTUCKY
       CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT FROM 630 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT 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 50 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF JACKSON KENTUCKY
TO 40 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF BECKLEY WEST 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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 339. WATCH NUMBER 339 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 630
PM EDT. CONTINUE...WW 337...WW 338...WW 340...WW 341...WW 342...


DISCUSSION...CLUSTER OF SEVERE STORMS OVER NORTHEAST KY AND ALONG
THE OH RIVER IN WV WILL TRACK EASTWARD FOR A FEW MORE HOURS BEFORE
WEAKENING.  INTERACTIONS WITH THE WARM FRONT...COUPLED WITH
WARM/MOIST/UNSTABLE AIRMASS SOUTH OF FRONT...WITH MAINTAIN THE RISK
OF 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 27035.


...HART

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