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WWUS20 KWNS 300335

SEL2

SPC WW 300335

ILZ000-INZ000-KYZ000-301000-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 12

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1035 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

       SOUTHERN INDIANA

       WESTERN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 1035 PM

UNTIL 500 AM EST.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS

TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF

BLOOMINGTON INDIANA TO 5 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF FORT CAMPBELL

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 10...WW 11...



DISCUSSION...INTENSE SQUALL LINE EXTENDS FROM CENTRAL IL INTO

SOUTHEAST MO.  THESE STORMS WILL RACE EASTWARD OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE

WATCH AREA.  EXTREMELY STRONG LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL PROMOTE A RISK OF

WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS...DESPITE VERY LIMITED INSTABILITY.

ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO REMAIN POSSIBLE ALONG THE LEADING EDGE

OF THE SQUALL LINE.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND

GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25045.





...HART

