Keith Reedy keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx Begin forwarded message: > From: National Weather Service <nws.noaa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: NOAA's National Weather Service SPC Tornado/Severe Thunderstorm > Watches Update > Date: April 30, 2012 3:18:18 PM EDT > To: keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Reply-To: National Weather Service <nws.noaa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > You are subscribed to SPC Tornado/Severe Thunderstorm Watches for NOAA's > National Weather Service. > > > SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 208 > 04/30/2012 03:08 PM EDT > > WW 208 SEVERE TSTM IN KY 301905Z - 010200Z > > > URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED > SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 208 > NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK > 305 PM EDT MON APR 30 2012 > > THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A > SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF > > INDIANA > WESTERN AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY > > EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 305 PM UNTIL > 1000 PM EDT. > > HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 > MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. > > THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 > STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTH > SOUTHWEST OF OWENSBORO KENTUCKY TO 45 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF > MUNCIE INDIANA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE > ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8). > > 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. > > DISCUSSION...TSTMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND > INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF RESIDUAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARY AND > SYNOPTIC COLD FRONT AS DEEP ASCENT IS ENHANCED BY SHORTWAVE TROUGH > MOVING THROUGH THE MID-MS VALLEY. DAYTIME HEATING IN CONJUNCTION > WITH THE NEWD FLUX OF AN INCREASINGLY MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER SHOULD > CONTRIBUTE TO FURTHER AIR MASS DESTABILIZATION BY LATE AFTERNOON > WITH MLCAPE VALUES APPROACHING 1000-2000 J/KG. WHEN COUPLED WITH > 40-50 KT OF DEEP SWLY SHEAR...SETUP WILL SUPPORT SUPERCELLS AND > BOWING STRUCTURES CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS AND SEVERE HAIL. > > AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT > TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 > KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM > MOTION VECTOR 24030. > > > ...MEAD > > Read more > SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 208 Status Reports > 04/30/2012 03:08 PM EDT > > WW 0208 Status Reports > > > STATUS FOR WATCH 0208 HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED YET > Read more > > > > > To change your subscriptions or preferences log in to your Subscriber > Preferences Page with your e-mail address. > > Delete profile > > For questions or problems with the subscription service, please contact > support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > This service is provided by NOAA's National Weather Service. > > > > GovDelivery, Inc. (800-439-1420) sending to keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf > of the National Weather Service · 1325 East West Highway · Silver Spring, MD > 20910