Monday, April 5, 2010

WATCHES: Tornado Watch Number 50

WWUS20 KWNS 052125
SEL0
SPC WW 052125
INZ000-KYZ000-OHZ000-060400-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 50
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
425 PM CDT MON APR 5 2010

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

MUCH OF SOUTHERN INDIANA
PARTS OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY
PARTS OF SOUTHWEST OHIO

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 425 PM UNTIL
1100 PM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF
TERRE HAUTE INDIANA TO 45 MILES NORTH OF LEXINGTON KENTUCKY. FOR
A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND 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.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 48...WW 49...

DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING ALONG THE WARM FRONT
ACROSS MID OH RIVER VALLEY. WITH FAVORABLE SHEAR AND MDT
INSTABILITY...CONDITIONS SUPPORT SUPERCELLS ALONG WITH POSSIBLE
TORNADOES. STORMS WILL DEVELOP EWD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THRU THE
EVENING.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27025.


...HALES

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