URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 375 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 635 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 635 PM UNTIL 200 AM EDT. ...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION... DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 3 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 SOUTH OF BLOOMINGTON INDIANA TO 50 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF MUNCIE INDIANA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5). 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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 368. WATCH NUMBER 368 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 635 PM EDT. CONTINUE...WW 370...WW 371...WW 372...WW 373...WW 374... DISCUSSION...SUPERCELLS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE AND SPREAD ACROSS THE WATCH THIS EVENING GIVEN THE VERY FAVORABLE SHEAR PROFILES COUPLED WITH THE LARGE AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY AVAILABLE. E/W BOUNDARY ACROSS CENTRAL IND WILL BE A FOCUS FOR ENHANCED SHEAR/CONVERGENCE. TORNADOS POSSIBLY STRONG TO VIOLENT WILL BE A THREAT WELL INTO THE EARLY NIGHTTIME HOURS. AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
May 25: PDS Tornado Watch #375
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