WW 16 SEVERE TSTM IN KY 121100Z – 121800Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 16 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 500 AM CST Thu Jan 12 2023 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Extreme southern Indiana Central Kentucky * Effective this Thursday morning from 500 AM until NOON CST. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible A tornado or two possible SUMMARY...Clusters of storms with bowing and supercell structures will persist through the morning and spread into central Kentucky. The storm environment will support the threat for damaging winds of 60-70 mph, hail up to 1.5 inches in diameter, and possibly an isolated tornado or two. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50 statute miles east and west of a line from 25 miles south southeast of Bowling Green KY to 15 miles north northwest of Louisville KY. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6). PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 15... 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 24050. ...Thompson
