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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 444

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

300 AM EDT WED JUN 4 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA

       FAR NORTHERN KENTUCKY

       SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL OHIO

       WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 300 AM UNTIL 1100 AM EDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 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 60 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF

TERRE HAUTE INDIANA TO 25 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF PARKERSBURG

WEST VIRGINIA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO

WATCH NUMBER 441. WATCH NUMBER 441 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER

300 AM EDT. CONTINUE...WW 439...WW 442...WW 443...



DISCUSSION...TSTMS...INCLUDED A FEW PERIODIC EMBEDDED ROTATING

STRUCTURES/ SUPERCELLS...EXPECTED TO PERSIST ALONG W/E-ORIENTED OH

VLY WARM/QSTNRY FRONT.  WIND FIELDS AND QUALITY OF MOISTURE INFLOW

SUGGEST RISK FOR ISOLD TORNADOES AND LOCALLY DMGG WIND GUSTS FROM

SMALL-SCALE BOWING SEGMENTS.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 27040.





...CORFIDI

