

839 

WWUS20 KWNS 272209

SEL7

SPC WW 272209

INZ000-KYZ000-280400-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 117

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

510 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHWEST INDIANA

  WESTERN KENTUCKY



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 510 PM

  UNTIL 1100 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN KY ARE INTERACTING

WITH A WEAK BOUNDARY...AND BECOMING OCCASIONALLY SEVERE.  ISOLATED

TORNADOES AND LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR A FEW

HOURS THIS EVENING.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF

EVANSVILLE INDIANA TO 45 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF BOWLING GREEN

KENTUCKY.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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 116...



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24025.





...HART

