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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 39

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

810 PM EST TUE FEB 5 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA

       CENTRAL KENTUCKY

       SOUTHWEST OHIO



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 810 PM

UNTIL 200 AM EST.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

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

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF

INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY.

 FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



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 35...WW 36...WW 37...WW

38...



DISCUSSION...CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING SEVERAL

SUPERCELLS...OVER SOUTHERN IL AND WESTERN KY WILL TRACK EASTWARD

ACROSS THE WATCH AREA DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.  VERY STRONG

FORCING AND VERTICAL WIND SHEAR WILL MAINTAIN A RISK OF SUPERCELLS

AND BOWS CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND ISOLATED

TORNADOES.



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

400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24045.





...HART

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