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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 50
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   255 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          INDIANA
          CENTRAL KENTUCKY
          WESTERN OHIO
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 255 PM UNTIL 800
   PM EDT.
   
   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 55 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
   MUNCIE INDIANA TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY. 
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
   
   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 48...WW 49...
   
   DISCUSSION...VERY DYNAMIC SITUATION THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING ACROSS WW
   AS VERY STRONG UPPER SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED 90+ KT MID LEVEL/55+ KT
   H85 JETS EJECT ACROSS THIS REGION.  SURFACE WARM FRONT WILL LIKELY
   BE LIFTED SLIGHTLY NWD THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AS LOW CENTER
   DEEPENS INTO SRN LAKE MI.  DESPITE THE LIMITED INSTABILITY...DEEP
   ASCENT ALONG AND AHEAD OF SURFACE COLD FRONT SHOULD SUSTAIN
   SEMI-DISCRETE LINE OF SUPERCELLS/SMALL BOW ECHOES MOVING RAPIDLY
   ENEWD THROUGH THE EARLY TO MID EVENING.  THREAT OF WIND DAMAGE WILL
   BE PARAMOUNT WITH THESE STORMS...ALTHOUGH EXTREME LOW LEVEL SHEAR
   WILL ALSO SUPPORT A THREAT OF ISOLATED TORNADOES.
   
   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
   400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24045.
   
   
   ...EVANS
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