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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 270

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

810 PM EDT Fri May 26 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Central and eastern Indiana

  Western Ohio



* Effective this Friday night and Saturday morning from 810 PM

  until 200 AM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...A linear complex of storms across west-central Indiana

early this evening will likely to continue to somewhat expand in

size as it continues east-southeastward this evening. Damaging winds

will be the main concern, but some peripheral severe hail will be

possible and a brief tornado cannot be entirely ruled out especially

near the warm front.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 35

statute miles north and south of a line from 35 miles south

southwest of Lafayette IN to 90 miles east of Indianapolis IN. For a

complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline

update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



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 268...WW 269...



AVIATION...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 500. Mean storm motion vector

29040.



...Guyer

