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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 119

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

635 PM EDT SUN APR 5 2009



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHERN AND EASTERN INDIANA

       CENTRAL KENTUCKY

       SOUTHWEST OHIO

       NORTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE



EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 635 PM UNTIL

100 AM EDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 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 85 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 5 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

NASHVILLE TENNESSEE TO 40 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF COLUMBUS OHIO.

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 117...WW 118...



DISCUSSION...BROKEN SHORT BANDS OF TSTMS EXPECTED TO PERSIST IN WARM

SECTOR OF DEEPENING SFC LOW NOW CENTERED NEAR SDF.  STORMS MAY

BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AND POSSIBLY STRENGTHEN AS ASSOCIATED UPR VORT

NOW NEAR STL ACCELERATES ENEWD.  SPARSE MOISTURE WILL LIMIT

CAPE...BUT RELATIVELY STEEP LOW TO MID LVL LAPSE

RATES...CONVERGENCE...AND STRONG LARGE SCALE UVV WILL BE PRESENT TO

FOSTER DEVELOPMENT.  WHILE DMGG WIND SHOULD BE PRIMARY THREAT AS 700

MB FLOW INCREASES TO AROUND 60 KTS...ISOLD TORNADOES MAY OCCUR NEAR

LINE BREAKS AND/OR IN AREA OF BACKED LOW LVL FLOW ALONG SRN OH WARM

FRONT.



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

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

GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22045.





...CORFIDI

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