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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 88
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1120 AM EST MON MAR 13 2006
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHEAST INDIANA
          CENTRAL AND EASTERN KENTUCKY
          MUCH OF OHIO
          NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA
          LAKE ERIE
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1120 AM UNTIL 900
   PM EST.
   
   HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTHEAST OF
   CLEVELAND OHIO TO 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY. 
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
   
   REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
   FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
   TORNADOES.
   
   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 85. WATCH NUMBER 85 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT
   AFTER 1120 AM EST. CONTINUE...WW 86...WW 87...
   
   DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN NUMBER AND
   INTENSITY WITH HEATING ACROSS MUCH OF WATCH AREA.  A VERY STRONG
   WIND FIELD COUPLED WITH ADEQUATE INSTABILITY SUPPORTS STORMS
   DEVELOPING INTO SHORT LINES/BOWS WITH AN ENHANCED WIND DAMAGE
   THREAT.
   
   AVIATION...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 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 24045.
   
   
   ...HALES