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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 431

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

205 AM EDT Sat Jul 22 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Central and eastern Indiana



* Effective this Saturday morning from 205 AM until 700 AM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Isolated significant damaging wind gusts to 75 mph possible



SUMMARY...A forward-propagating complex of strong to severe

thunderstorms, with an embedded bowing structure, is expected to

pose a risk of damaging gusts.  Activity should move southeastward

over the watch corridor for a few hours before encountering stable

air and weakening.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 40

statute miles either side of a line from 20 miles north northwest of

Lafayette IN to 35 miles southeast of Muncie IN. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



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 430...



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE and ALOFT

TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE and SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS.

A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION

VECTOR 31035.





...Edwards

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