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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 436

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

335 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       FAR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY

       SOUTHERN OHIO

       FAR SOUTHWEST WEST VIRGINIA



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 335 PM UNTIL

900 PM EDT.



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

GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF

ATHENS OHIO TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HUNTINGTON WEST VIRGINIA.

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 434...WW 435...



DISCUSSION...INTENSE...COMPACT BOW ECHO/SUPERCELL COMPLEX CONTINUES

TO RACE EWD INTO SWRN OH AT OVER 55 KT LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

ALTHOUGH AIR MASS IS OF QUESTIONABLE INSTABILITY...EXTREME SHEAR AND

UPPER SUPPORT INVOF INTENSE MID LEVEL SPEED MAX /NEAR 70 KT AOA 4 KM

ON VWP FROM IND/ MAY SUSTAIN THIS COMPLEX EWD ACROSS WW.  DAMAGING

WINDS AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO ARE EXPECTED.  LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO

ACCOMPANY STRONGER CORES.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27045.





...EVANS

