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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 14

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

645 PM EST THU FEB 20 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA

  CENTRAL KENTUCKY

  SOUTHWEST OHIO



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT FROM 645 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE

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

INDIANA TO 25 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 9...WW 11...WW 13...



DISCUSSION...TSTMS/SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING/DEVELOPING

RAPIDLY NEWD INTO THE MID OH VLY THIS EVE...WITH MAIN SSW-NNE BAND

JUST AHEAD OF ERN IL COLD FRONT AND ANOTHER ORIENTED MORE SW-NE

ALONG PRE-FRONTAL CONFLUENCE ZONE IN CNTRL KY. STRENGTHENING DEEP

SHEAR AND MODEST LOW-LVL AIR MASS RECOVERY AHEAD OF POTENT MID MS

VLY SHORTWAVE TROUGH SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR DMGG WINDS AND A

CONDITIONAL RISK FOR TORNADOES GIVEN ANY LONGER-LIVED SEMI-DISCRETE

STORMS OR LEWP CIRCULATIONS.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND

GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23055.





...CORFIDI

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