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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 454

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

310 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  INDIANA

  EXTREME WEST CENTRAL OHIO



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 310 PM

  UNTIL 900 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...A BAND OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS IS EXPECTED TO PROGRESS

EASTWARD ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON

AND APPROACH THE INDIANA/OHIO STATE LINE BY THIS EVENING.  THE

STORMS WILL HAVE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A COUPLE OF TORNADOES AND

DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH AND MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR

MASS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF

MUNCIE INDIANA TO 40 MILES SOUTH OF INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA.  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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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

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27025.





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