WATCHES: Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 808

WWUS20 KWNS 050243
SEL8
SPC WW 050243
OHZ000-050800-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 808
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1045 PM EDT MON AUG 4 2008

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 1045 PM
UNTIL 400 AM EDT.

HAIL TO 1 INCH 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 55
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES WEST
NORTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE INDIANA TO 45 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF
FINDLAY OHIO. 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.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 806...WW 807...

DISCUSSION...WELL-DEVELOPED BOW ECHO OVER NRN INDIANA WILL LIKELY
PERSIST FOR A FEW MORE HOURS WHILE MOVING ESEWD...AND EVENTUALLY
MORE TO THE SE LATE TONIGHT. INSTABILITY WEAKENS WITH EWD EXTENT
FROM INDIANA INTO OH...THOUGH IT SHOULD REMAIN SUFFICIENT TO
MAINTAIN THE THUNDERSTORM CLUSTER GIVEN ITS RECENT HISTORY OF
WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS. THE AREA OF NE INDIANA WILL BE PART OF A
LOCAL EWD EXTENSION OF PDS SEVERE TSTM WATCH 807.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.
A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION
VECTOR 28045.

...THOMPSON

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