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WWUS20 KWNS 261302

SEL2

SPC WW 261302

INZ000-KYZ000-MIZ000-OHZ000-LEZ000-262000-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 722

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

855 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       EASTERN INDIANA

       CENTRAL AND EASTERN KENTUCKY

       SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN

       MUCH OF OHIO

       LAKE ERIE



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 855 AM UNTIL

400 PM EDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 90 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 100 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF

TOLEDO OHIO TO 45 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY.

 FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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 720...WW 721...



DISCUSSION...WRN IND/KY QLCS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY STRENGTHEN  AND

MOVE GENERALLY ENE AS WW REGION IS GLANCED BY IA/MO VORT LOBE

EJECTING NE TOWARD THE UPR GRT LKS.  MODEST SFC WARMING...INCREASING

LOW LVL MOISTURE...AND INTENSE WIND FIELD TOGETHER SUGGEST

LIKELIHOOD FOR EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS/MESOVORTICES THAT WILL POSE A

THREAT FOR POTENTIALLY STRONG TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO BOWING

SEGMENTS WITH HIGH WIND.  A LOW PROBABILITY ALSO WILL EXIST FOR THE

DEVELOPMENT OF A COUPLE ISOLD STORMS AHEAD OF QLCS IN ANY AREAS

WHERE LOW LVL CONFLUENCE IS SUFFICIENT TO OVERCOME EXISTING CINH.

ANY SUCH ACTIVITY WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO YIELD A LONGER

LIVED...POSSIBLY STRONG TORNADO.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 80 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23035.





...CORFIDI

