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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 287

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1025 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL...NORTHERN AND EASTERN INDIANA

  NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY

  WESTERN AND CENTRAL OHIO



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 1025

  PM UNTIL 500 AM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS

    TO 80 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...A GROUPING OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INITIALLY OVER NORTHERN

ILLINOIS...NORTHWESTERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN IS

EXPECTED TO BECOME STILL MORE ORGANIZED AS IT ACCELERATES INTO AND

ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.  DAMAGING WINDS WILL BECOME THE MAIN

THREAT...PERHAPS WIDESPREAD AND INTENSE ENOUGH TO QUALIFY AS A

DERECHO.  EMBEDDED CIRCULATIONS ALSO MAY REMAIN CAPABLE OF PRODUCING

A TORNADO OR TWO.  SEE SPC MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1024 FOR FURTHER

INITIAL DETAILS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE

MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF

LAFAYETTE INDIANA TO 50 MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBUS OHIO.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



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 286...



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 30040.





...EDWARDS

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