[IWX_warnings] SEL7

[Severe weather warnings from NWS IWX.]

WWUS20 KWNS 021756
SEL7  
SPC WW 021756
INZ000-KYZ000-030100-


SVR STRM WTCH 7
NWS SPC 
1255P MON JAN 2 2006

THE NWS SPC HAS ISSUED A
SVR STRM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 

       C AND S IN
       C KY

EFFCTVE THIS MONDAYP AND EVE FROM 1255P UNTL 800
PM.

HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER STRM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH AND DNGRS LIGHTNING ARE PSBL IN THESE AREAS.

THE SVR STRM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70
STATUTE MI E AND WEST OF A LN FROM 25 MI NORTH
NE OF INPOLIS IN TO 25 MI S SE OF
BOWLING GREEN KY.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE
THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLN UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

REMEMBER A SVR STRM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SVR STRMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WX CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STMENTS AND PSBL
WARNINGS. SVR STRMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRDCE
TRNDOES.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION THIS SVR STRM WATCH REPLACES
TRNDO WTCH 4 TRNDO WTCH 6. WTCH 4 6
WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1255P. CNTINU WW 5 

DISCUSSION LN OF STRMS ALONG AND E OF COLD FRONT WILL
CNTINU TO SHIFT EWD THROUGH THE PM.  STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE
RATES BNDRY LAYER DEWPOINTS NR 60 F AND SURFACE
TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S E OF THE ONGOING STRMS HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO
MODERATE INSTABILITY /MLCAPE ARND 1000 J/KG/.  STRNG L0W-MID
LEVEL SPEED SHEAR WILL HELP MAINTAIN ORGANIZED CONVECTIVE STRUCTURES
WITHIN THE LN THOUGH VERTICAL SHEAR IS EXP TO GRADUALLY
WEAKEN BY MID-LATE PM.  AN ISOLATED/BRIEF TRNDO CANNOT BE
RULED OUT BUT LRG HAIL AND DMGG WINDS SHOULD BE THE MAIN
SVR THREATS.

AVIATION A FEW SVR STRMS 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 STRM
MOTION VECTOR 26030.


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