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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 442

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

330 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHEAST INDIANA

  WESTERN AND CENTRAL OHIO



* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 330 PM UNTIL

  900 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 40

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES WEST

SOUTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE INDIANA TO 30 MILES EAST OF COLUMBUS

OHIO.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED

WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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 441...



DISCUSSION...INCREASING CLUSTER OF STRONG/SEVERE STORMS OVER

NORTHEAST IND AND NORTHWEST OH WILL TRACK SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE

WATCH AREA.  STORMS HAVE SHOWN SOME SUPERCELLULAR STRUCTURE...ALONG

WITH OCCASIONAL LARGE HAIL REPORTS.  EVENTUAL RISK OF SOME UPSCALE

GROWTH AND BOWING SEGMENTS IS POSSIBLE.



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 29030.





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