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Tornado Watch 119
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
High Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Very Low

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   SEL9
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 119
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   635 PM EDT SUN APR 5 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHERN AND EASTERN INDIANA
          CENTRAL KENTUCKY
          SOUTHWEST OHIO
          NORTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 635 PM UNTIL
   100 AM EDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
   TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 5 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF
   NASHVILLE TENNESSEE TO 40 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF COLUMBUS OHIO. 
   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 117...WW 118...
   
   DISCUSSION...BROKEN SHORT BANDS OF TSTMS EXPECTED TO PERSIST IN WARM
   SECTOR OF DEEPENING SFC LOW NOW CENTERED NEAR SDF.  STORMS MAY
   BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AND POSSIBLY STRENGTHEN AS ASSOCIATED UPR VORT
   NOW NEAR STL ACCELERATES ENEWD.  SPARSE MOISTURE WILL LIMIT
   CAPE...BUT RELATIVELY STEEP LOW TO MID LVL LAPSE
   RATES...CONVERGENCE...AND STRONG LARGE SCALE UVV WILL BE PRESENT TO
   FOSTER DEVELOPMENT.  WHILE DMGG WIND SHOULD BE PRIMARY THREAT AS 700
   MB FLOW INCREASES TO AROUND 60 KTS...ISOLD TORNADOES MAY OCCUR NEAR
   LINE BREAKS AND/OR IN AREA OF BACKED LOW LVL FLOW ALONG SRN OH WARM
   FRONT.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
   GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400.
   MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22045.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
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