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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 476

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

530 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA



EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON FROM 530 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 80 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 SOUTHWEST OF

TERRE HAUTE INDIANA TO 25 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF MUNCIE INDIANA.

 FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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 473...WW 474...WW 475...



DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING RAPIDLY EWD FROM CENTRAL

IL. 50-60KT OF DEEP LAYER SHEAR AND MLCAPES TO 2000 J/KG COUPLED

WITH STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL SUPPORT DAMAGING WINDS

ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS INDIANA.  IN ADDITION

TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY WITH SUPERCELL STRUCTURES.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24045.





...HALES

