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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 603

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

210 PM EDT Tue Aug 20 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Parts of central and southern Indiana



* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 210 PM until

  600 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible



SUMMARY...A squall line will continue to move east-southeastward

across Indiana through the afternoon, with an accompanying threat

for damaging winds.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45

statute miles east and west of a line from 25 miles northwest of

Muncie IN to 25 miles south of Bloomington IN. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 602...



AVIATION...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 550. Mean storm motion vector

28035.



...Thompson

