[spotters-illianaskywarn] Fwd: Public Watch Box
- From: Keith Reedy <wa9dro@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: spotters-illianaskywarn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 20:04:28 -0400
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From: interwarn@xxxxxxxx
Date: May 15, 2009 7:42:48 PM GMT-04:00
To: interwarn@xxxxxxxx
Subject: Public Watch Box
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WWUS20 KWNS 152341
SEL9
SPC WW 152341
INZ000-OHZ000-160600-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 309
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
740 PM EDT FRI MAY 15 2009
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST OHIO
EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 740 PM
UNTIL 200 AM 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 65 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF
LAFAYETTE INDIANA TO 40 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF DAYTON 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 305...WW 306...WW
307...WW 308...
DISCUSSION...STRONG/SEVERE STORMS CONTINUE MOVING EWD ACROSS IL
INVOF W-E WARM FRONT...WHILE ADDITIONAL CELLS CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY
AS THEY SPREAD NWD ACROSS SRN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST OHIO. FAVORABLE
DEEP-LAYER SHEAR EITHER SIDE OF THE WARM FRONT -- AND ENHANCED
LOW-LEVEL SHEAR NEAR THE BOUNDARY -- ALONG WITH FAVORABLY-UNSTABLE
ENVIRONMENT SUGGESTS THAT THE THREATS FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL WILL CONTINUE....ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED
TORNADOES.
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 23035.
..GOSS
WWWW
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