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Tornado Watch 716
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WW0716 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   SEL6
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 716
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   615 PM EDT WED AUG 19 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
          MUCH OF INDIANA
          FAR NORTHERN KENTUCKY
          SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN
          WESTERN OHIO
          LAKE MICHIGAN
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 615 PM
   UNTIL 100 AM EDT.
   
   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 NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
   DANVILLE ILLINOIS TO 60 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF DAYTON OHIO. 
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
   
   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 713...WW 714...WW 715...
   
   DISCUSSION...ISOLD TSTMS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FORMING INVOF DIFFUSE
   W-E WARM FRONT NEAR I-70 IN CNTRL IL/IND/OH...WHILE BAND OF
   STORMS/SUPERCELLS ASSOCIATED WITH CNTRL IL MCS CONTINUES ENEWD. 
   AMPLE DEEP SHEAR EXPECTED TO PERSIST FOR ADDITIONAL ROTATING
   STORMS...WITH WIND FIELD POSSIBLY INCREASING SLIGHTLY AS REGION IS
   GLANCED BY BAND OF STRONGER FLOW SWEEPING NEWD AROUND BASE OF LARGER
   SCALE UPR TROUGH IN MN.  MOIST LOW LVL ENVIRONMENT AND S-SELY LOW
   LVL FLOW MAY SUFFICIENTLY ENHANCE LOW LVL STORM ROTATION TO POSE A
   THREAT FOR 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
   500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22030.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
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