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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 26

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

450 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHERN INDIANA

       WESTERN KENTUCKY



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 450 PM UNTIL

700 PM CST.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 0.5 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 30 STATUTE

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

EVANSVILLE INDIANA TO 25 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF FORT CAMPBELL

KENTUCKY.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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 24...WW 25...



DISCUSSION...EXTENSION OF TORNADO WATCH 24.  INCREASING STORMS WILL

CONTINUE EWD ACROSS WW IN FORM OF SMALL LINES/SUPERCELLS WITH

WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED EXTREME WIND DAMAGE AND/OR

TORNADOES.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

350. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27035.





...EVANS

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