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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 219

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

450 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       PARTS OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS

       MUCH OF SOUTHERN INDIANA

       PARTS OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 450 PM UNTIL

1000 PM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 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 75 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF

BLOOMINGTON INDIANA TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EVANSVILLE INDIANA.

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 213...WW 214...WW

215...WW 216...WW 217...WW 218...



DISCUSSION...DEVELOPING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WRN KY WILL CONTINUE

RAPIDLY NEWD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.  WITH STRONG VEERING SHEAR

PROFILES AND MDT INSTABILITY...SUPERCELLS INCLUDING LARGE HAIL AND

POSSIBLE TORNADOS WILL DEVELOP NEWD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23035.





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