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Tornado Watch 127
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WW0127 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Low Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Low Low

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   SEL7
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 127
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   430 PM EDT THU APR 18 2013
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   
   * TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
     SOUTHERN THROUGH EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
     NORTHWEST OHIO OHIO
   
   * EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 430 PM UNTIL
     1000 PM EDT.
   
   * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
     A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE
     A FEW DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF
   FORT WAYNE INDIANA TO 45 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON
   INDIANA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).
   
   PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
   
   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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
   WATCH NUMBER 123. WATCH NUMBER 123 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER
   430 PM EDT. CONTINUE...WW 125...WW 126...
   
   DISCUSSION...SOME STRENGTHENING OF A PRE-FRONTAL SQUALL LINE
   APPROACHING THE REGION IS STILL POSSIBLE INTO EARLY EVENING.  THE
   INTERSECTION OF THIS ACTIVITY WITH A SURFACE BOUNDARY GENERATED BY
   EARLIER CONVECTION...EXTENDING ACROSS THE INDIANAPOLIS AREA INTO
   PARTS OF NORTHWEST OHIO MAY PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR ENHANCED SEVERE
   WEATHER POTENTIAL...INCLUDING THE RISK FOR A TORNADO OR TWO...AND
   STRONG STRAIGHT LINE WIND GUSTS.
   
   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 24045.
   
   
   ...KERR
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