SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 75

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   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 75
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   ISSUED BY 15TH OWS SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE IL
   305 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          EXTREME SOUTHERN INDIANA
          CENTRAL KENTUCKY
          MIDDLE TENNESSEE
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY 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 80
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
   NASHVILLE TENNESSEE TO 35 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE
   KENTUCKY.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
   
   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...MULTICELL THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN THE WW
   AREA.  EXPECT THIS TREND TO CONTINUE WITH AFTERNOON HEATING AS
   THUNDERSTORMS INCREASE IN COVERAGE. PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE LARGE
   HAIL WITH ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS POSSIBLE.
   
   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 400. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 23025.