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Tornado Watch 368
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WW0368 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood High Moderate
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL8
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 368
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   950 AM EDT WED MAY 25 2011
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          INDIANA
          SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN
          LAKE MICHIGAN
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 950 AM UNTIL
   700 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 70 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF SOUTH
   BEND INDIANA TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF BLOOMINGTON INDIANA.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
   
   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 367...
   
   DISCUSSION...BAND OF STRONG-SEVERE STORMS OVER ERN IL WILL PROGRESS
   EWD/NEWD INTO IND THIS MORNING IN ADVANCE OF STRONG MIDLEVEL IMPULSE
   LIFTING NNEWD THROUGH THE MID MS VALLEY.  12Z SOUNDING DATA AND
   CURRENT SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SUGGEST THAT AIR MASS SHOULD RAPIDLY
   DESTABILIZE WITH MLCAPE INCREASING TO 1000-2000 J/KG.  WHEN COUPLED
   WITH STRENGTHENING VERTICAL SHEAR THROUGH THE DAY...ENVIRONMENT WILL
   SUPPORT SUPERCELL AND BOWING STRUCTURES WITH A RISK FOR
   TORNADOES...SOME POTENTIALLY STRONG...DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.
   
   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
   500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.
   
   
   ...MEAD
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