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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 222

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

630 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2012



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHEAST INDIANA

       NORTHERN KENTUCKY

       SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL OHIO

       WESTERN AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 630 PM

UNTIL 100 AM EDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 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 125 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBUS

OHIO TO 45 MILES WEST OF HUNTINGTON WEST VIRGINIA.  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 217...WW 218...WW

219...WW 220...WW 221...



DISCUSSION...ENVIRONMENT EXPECTED TO REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR

SEMI-DISCRETE SUSTAINED STORMS/SUPERCELLS OVER PARTS OF THE OH VLY

DOWNSTREAM FROM ERN IL MCV.  ACTIVITY MAY BE MOST CONCENTRATED ALONG

AND S OF W-E WARM/STNRY FRONT ORIENTED ROUGHLY ALONG OR JUST S OF

INTERSTATE ROUTE 70.  IN ADDITION TO ISOLD TORNADOES...SETUP MAY

YIELD LOCALLY DMGG WIND AND MARGINALLY SVR HAIL AS 40-50 KT 700-500

MB WLY WIND MAX ASSOCIATED WITH THE MCV CONTINUES EAST INTO OH/NRN

WV.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27030.





...CORFIDI

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 222...RESENT

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

630 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2012



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHEAST INDIANA

       NORTHERN KENTUCKY

       SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL OHIO

       WESTERN AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 630 PM

UNTIL 100 AM EDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 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 125 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBUS

OHIO TO 45 MILES WEST OF HUNTINGTON WEST VIRGINIA.  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 217...WW 218...WW

219...WW 220...WW 221...



DISCUSSION...ENVIRONMENT EXPECTED TO REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR

SEMI-DISCRETE SUSTAINED STORMS/SUPERCELLS OVER PARTS OF THE OH VLY

DOWNSTREAM FROM ERN IL MCV.  ACTIVITY MAY BE MOST CONCENTRATED ALONG

AND S OF W-E WARM/STNRY FRONT ORIENTED ROUGHLY ALONG OR JUST S OF

INTERSTATE ROUTE 70.  IN ADDITION TO ISOLD TORNADOES...SETUP MAY

YIELD LOCALLY DMGG WIND AND MARGINALLY SVR HAIL AS 40-50 KT 700-500

MB WLY WIND MAX ASSOCIATED WITH THE MCV CONTINUES EAST INTO OH/NRN

WV.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27030.





...CORFIDI

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