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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 376

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

835 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       PARTS OF NORTHWEST ALABAMA

       PARTS OF SOUTHERN INDIANA

       LARGE PART OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY

       MUCH OF NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI

       PARTS OF WESTERN OHIO

       MUCH OF MIDDLE AND PARTS OF WESTERN TENNESSEE



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 835 PM

UNTIL 400 AM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 90 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TUPELO

MISSISSIPPI TO 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF DAYTON OHIO.  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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO

WATCH NUMBER 370...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 371...TORNADO WATCH

NUMBER 372. WATCH NUMBER 370 371 372 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER

835 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 373...WW 374...WW 375...



DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDING TORNADIC SUPERCELLS

CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE EWD ACROSS OH AND TN VALLEYS.  VERY

STRONG DAMAGING WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS LOWER OHIO VALLEY AND

MOVE EWD ACROSS THE WATCH.  STILL POTENTIAL FOR VERY STRONG

TORNADOES BOTH WITH THE QLCS LINE AND MORE DISCRETE STORMS IN

ADVANCE.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 80 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.





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