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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 747
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WW0747 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Low Very Low

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   SEL7
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 747
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1220 AM EDT MON SEP 28 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA
          FAR NORTHERN KENTUCKY
          WESTERN OHIO
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING FROM 1220 AM UNTIL 600 AM EDT.
   
   HAIL TO 0.5 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 105
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTH OF
   MUNCIE INDIANA TO 40 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF BLOOMINGTON INDIANA.
    FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).
   
   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...CONTINUE...WW 745...WW 746...
   
   DISCUSSION...VEERING LOW LVL WINDS UPSTREAM ACROSS IL LIKELY HAVE
   CONTRIBUTED TO RECENT DEVELOPMENT OF STORMS IN W CNTRL IND.  THIS
   ACTIVITY...AND POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT SWD ALONG COLD FRONT
   IN CNTRL IL /REF MCD 2040/...COULD POSE A THREAT FOR ISOLD DMGG
   WINDS...MARGINALLY SVR HAIL...AND POSSIBLY A BRIEF TORNADO AS DEEP
   FORCING FOR ASCENT INCREASES RAPIDLY ESEWD AHEAD OF AMPLIFYING MN/WI
   UPR VORT.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 350. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 27055.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
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