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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 434

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1205 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHERN INDIANA

       NORTHERN KENTUCKY

       SOUTHWESTERN OHIO



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1205 PM UNTIL

700 PM 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 65 STATUTE

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

TERRE HAUTE INDIANA TO 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEXINGTON KENTUCKY.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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 432...WW 433...



DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL INCREASE IN THE FORM OF

MULTIPLE MODES THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THIS REGION.  ISOLATED SEVERE

THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD PERSIST AHEAD OF MAIN LINE/BOW ECHO MOVING

ACROSS CENTRAL IL LATE THIS MORNING.  WIND DAMAGE THREAT COULD BE

WIDESPREAD AS THIS LINE RACES SEWD ACROSS WW THIS AFTERNOON.

ISOLATED LARGE HAIL WILL BE COMMON WITH THE STORMS PRECEEDING THIS

ACTIVITY.  SHOULD AREA CLEAR/DESTABILIZE AHEAD OF APPROACHING

MCS...SHEAR REMAINS QUITE STRONG AND WILL SUPPORT A THREAT OF

ISOLATED 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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 30035.





...EVANS

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