[BNAWX] Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 154
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1255 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2014

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
  FAR SOUTHERN INDIANA
  CENTRAL AND EASTERN KENTUCKY
  NORTHEAST TENNESSEE

* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1255 PM
  UNTIL 800 PM EDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BOWLING
GREEN KENTUCKY TO 35 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF LEXINGTON KENTUCKY.
 FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 153...

DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND
INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A SHORT-WAVE TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED
SURFACE LOW APPROACHING THE REGION FROM THE SOUTHWEST. BREAKS IN THE
CLOUDS COUPLED WITH A MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER WILL YIELD AFTERNOON
MLCAPE OF 1000-1500 J/KG. THIS INSTABILITY WILL ALIGN WITH CORRIDOR
OF STRENGTHENING VERTICAL SHEAR WHICH WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF
SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND A COUPLE OF
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 22030.


...MEAD
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