

305 

WWUS20 KWNS 132313

SEL1

SPC WW 132313

INZ000-KYZ000-MIZ000-OHZ000-140500-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 381

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

715 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  INDIANA

  NORTH-CENTRAL KENTUCKY

  EXTREME SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN

  WESTERN OHIO



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 715 PM

  UNTIL 100 AM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...SEVERE-WEATHER THREAT IS EXPECTED TO LAST WELL INTO THIS

EVENING WITH MULTIPLE STORM CLUSTERS ACROSS THE WATCH

AREA...INCLUDING A LONG-LIVED COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING IN

FROM THE WEST WITH A HISTORY OF BOTH DAMAGE AND MEASURED SEVERE

GUSTS.  GIVEN THIS...AND THE THREAT'S EXTENDING LATERALLY FOR A

CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE EITHER SIDE OF WATCH 380...WE ARE REPLACING

THAT WATCH WITH THIS LARGER...LONGER-LIVED ONE.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTH OF

LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY TO 55 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF SOUTH BEND

INDIANA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 380. WATCH NUMBER 380 WILL NOT

BE IN EFFECT AFTER 715 PM EDT. CONTINUE...WW 379...



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 26030.





...EDWARDS

