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Posted by JAC on 4/26/2011, 3:23 pm



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
  TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 216
  NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
  305 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011
 
  THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
  TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
 
         EASTERN ILLINOIS
         NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA
         MUCH OF LOWER MICHIGAN
         NORTHWEST OHIO
         LAKE ERIE
         LAKE HURON
         LAKE MICHIGAN
 
  EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 305 PM UNTIL
  1000 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 90 STATUTE
  MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF BAD AXE
  MICHIGAN TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA.  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 213...WW 214...WW 215...
 
  DISCUSSION...AS A SURFACE LOW CONTINUES TO DEVELOP NORTHEASTWARD
  TOWARD LAKE MICHIGAN...RELATIVELY LOW TOPPED STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
  INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. AS THE AIRMASS
  CONTINUES TO GRADUALLY DESTABILIZE...STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY DEEP
  TROPOSPHERIC FLOW WILL SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOME
  SUPERCELLS/ORGANIZED LINEAR CLUSTERS CAPABLE OF DAMAGING
  WINDS...SEVERE HAIL...AND A FEW 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
  400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.
 
 
  ...GUYER/HART
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