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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 50

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

425 PM CDT MON APR 5 2010



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       MUCH OF SOUTHERN INDIANA

       PARTS OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY

       PARTS OF SOUTHWEST OHIO



EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 425 PM UNTIL

1100 PM CDT.



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 NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

TERRE HAUTE INDIANA TO 45 MILES NORTH OF LEXINGTON KENTUCKY.  FOR

A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



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 48...WW 49...



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING ALONG THE WARM FRONT

ACROSS MID OH RIVER VALLEY.  WITH FAVORABLE SHEAR AND MDT

INSTABILITY...CONDITIONS SUPPORT SUPERCELLS ALONG WITH POSSIBLE

TORNADOES.  STORMS WILL DEVELOP EWD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THRU THE

EVENING.



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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27025.





...HALES

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