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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 28

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

140 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHEAST INDIANA

       FAR NORTHERN KENTUCKY

       OHIO



EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING FROM 140 AM UNTIL 900 AM EST.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS

TO 75 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTH OF MUNCIE

INDIANA TO 15 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF ZANESVILLE OHIO.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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...WW 26...WW

27...



DISCUSSION...FAST-MOVING CLUSTER OF TSTMS WITH EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS

IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE WW AREA EARLY THIS MORNING IN

CONJUNCTION WITH MIGRATORY SURFACE LOW.  VERY STRONG SHEAR COMBINED

WITH WEAK BUT SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY WILL MAINTAIN A RISK FOR

TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.



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

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

GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25050.





...MEAD

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