Tornado Watch 188

Issued

Apr 20, 2000, 2:15 PM EST (19:15 UTC)

Expired

Apr 20, 2000, 7:00 PM EST

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 188
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
234 PM EDT THU APR 20 2000

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

   CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA                            
   WESTERN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY                           
   SOUTHWEST OHIO                               

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 315 PM UNTIL 800
PM EDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY
TO 40 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF DAYTON OHIO.

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 186...WW 187...

DISCUSSION...LINE OF STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM WEST CENTRAL
INTO EXTREME SOUTHWEST INDIANA IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SOUTHWARD
INTO KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON.  RADAR IS INDICATING OCCASIONAL LEWPS
ALONG THE LINE SUGGESTING INCREASING THREAT OF DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. 
IN ADDITION...ROTATION IS EVIDENT IN SEVERAL OF THE BOW ECHOES. 
STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY FURTHER THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING AS
STRONG UPPER TROUGH MOVES ACROSS THE MIDDLE MS VALLEY.  STRONG
VERTICAL SHEAR/HELICITY WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS TO
FORM...WITH INCREASED POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES WITH ANY SUSTAINED
CELLS THAT FORM AHEAD OF THE SQUALL LINE.


AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23040.


...WEISS

400,0833 363,0851 363,0875 400,0862

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.