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Tornado Watch 483
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WW0483 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
High Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL3
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 483
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   700 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA
          EXTREME SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN
          WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST OHIO
          LAKE MICHIGAN
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 700 PM
   UNTIL 300 AM EDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
   GUSTS TO 80 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 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF SOUTH
   BEND INDIANA TO 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA.  FOR
   A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
   
   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 478...WW 480...WW
   481...WW 482...
   
   DISCUSSION...ISOLATED SUPERCELLS ALONG A SLOW-MOVING OUTFLOW
   BOUNDARY ACROSS NRN INDIANA MAY CONTINUE TO WEAKEN THIS EVENING. 
   HOWEVER...A LARGE DEVELOPING MCS TO THE W IN IL WILL MOVE ACROSS
   INDIANA AND INTO OH LATE THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT...WITH AN
   ACCOMPANYING THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS. 
   ADDITIONALLY...THERE WILL BE SOME POTENTIAL FOR A FEW TORNADOES
   WHERE THE MORE DISCRETE STORMS MERGE WITH THE LARGER MCS...AND WHERE
   THE MCS INTERACTS WITH THE PRE-EXISTING OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES ACROSS
   INDIANA/OH.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27045.
   
   
   ...THOMPSON
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