WATCHES: Tornado Watch Number 242

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 242
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
725 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011

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

INDIANA
NORTHERN KENTUCKY
WESTERN AND CENTRAL OHIO

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 725 PM
UNTIL 300 AM EDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 0.5 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF TERRE
HAUTE INDIANA TO 25 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBUS OHIO. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

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 232...WW 235...WW
236...WW 237...WW 238...WW 239...WW 240...WW 241...

DISCUSSION...SURFACE LOW OVER FAR SWRN IND IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP
NEWD TO NEAR CLE BY 28/06Z IN ADVANCE OF STRONG VORTICITY MAXIMUM
CURRENTLY NEAR THE CONFLUENCE OF THE MS/OH RIVERS. INTENSE DYNAMIC
FORCING FOR ASCENT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS UPPER-LEVEL SYSTEM WILL BE
SUPPORTIVE OF SUFFICIENT DESTABILIZATION FOR LOW-TOPPED
SUPERCELLS/BOWS CAPABLE OF TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WINDS.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
300. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21050.

...MEAD

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