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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 103

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

625 PM EDT FRI MAR 23 2012



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA

       CENTRAL KENTUCKY



EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 625 PM

UNTIL 100 AM EDT.



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 EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF MUNCIE

INDIANA TO 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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 101...WW 102...



DISCUSSION...TSTMS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE ALONG CONFLUENCE

ZONE ATTM ARCING SWD FROM NEAR LAFAYETTE IND TO NEAR BOWLING GREEN

KY AS MID/UPR LVL VORT LOBE NOW IN NE AR/W TN CONTINUES NEWD.

SLIGHTLY BACKED...RELATIVELY WARM/MOIST INFLOW AHEAD OF CONFLUENCE

ZONE AND CONTINUED COOLING/ASCENT ALOFT SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR A FEW

STORMS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLY LOW LVL

MESOCYCLONES/TORNADOES.



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

400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23030.





...CORFIDI

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