SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 128

WW 128 SEVERE TSTM IL IN KY OH 052010Z - 060100Z

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 128
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
410 PM EDT Wed Apr 5 2017

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Southeast Illinois
  Southern and Central Indiana
  Northern Kentucky
  Southwest Ohio

* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 410 PM
  until 900 PM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered large hail likely with isolated very large hail events
    to 2 inches in diameter possible
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are expected to form across the watch area
through the afternoon, with the risk of large hail and damaging
winds in the more intense storms.  An isolated tornado or two is
also possible.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70
statute miles north and south of a line from 50 miles southwest of
Terre Haute IN to 65 miles east southeast of Dayton OH. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are
favorable for 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. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce
tornadoes.

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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 125...WW 126...WW 127...

AVIATION...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 450. Mean storm motion vector
24035.

...Hart

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