WATCHES: Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 323

WWUS20 KWNS 021921
SEL3
SPC WW 021921
INZ000-KYZ000-OHZ000-WVZ000-030300-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 323
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
320 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2009

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

CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA
NORTHERN KENTUCKY
SOUTHERN OHIO
NORTHERN AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 320 PM UNTIL
1100 PM EDT.

HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES 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 60
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTH
SOUTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE INDIANA TO 50 MILES EAST OF PARKERSBURG
WEST VIRGINIA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

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 321...WW 322...

DISCUSSION...STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN NUMBER AND INTENSITY
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A
QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT STRETCHING E-W ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA/OHIO.
MODERATE INSTABILITY AND 20-30 KT DEEP LAYER SHEAR WILL SUPPORT
SEVERE HAIL AND A DAMAGING WIND THREAT INTO THE EVENING HOURS.

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 500. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 27020.

...IMY

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