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Tornado Watch 39
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   SEL9
   
   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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