Tornado Watch 191

Issued

Apr 26, 2007, 2:26 PM EDT (18:26 UTC)

Expired

Apr 26, 2007, 10:00 PM EDT

In force

8 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

1.5 in

Strongest gust expected

50 kt

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Two or more tornadoes

40%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

20%

Ten or more severe wind reports

30%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

10%

Ten or more severe hail reports

80%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

20%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

95%

• Mesoscale Discussion 594Apr 26, 1:51 PM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 595Apr 26, 3:07 PM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 600Apr 26, 5:55 PM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 602Apr 26, 6:42 PM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 603Apr 26, 7:57 PM EDT

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SPC WW 261828
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 191
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
230 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007

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

       NORTHERN AND EASTERN INDIANA
       NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY
       SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN
       WESTERN AND CENTRAL OHIO
       LAKE MICHIGAN

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 230 PM UNTIL
1000 PM EDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 60 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 70 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF
TOLEDO OHIO TO 60 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF CINCINNATI OHIO.  FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).

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.

DISCUSSION...TSTMS/POSSIBLE SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN
COVERAGE/INTENSITY ALONG NW/SE AXIS OF DEEP ASCENT LIFTING NEWD
ACROSS CNTRL PARTS OF IND/KY.  HEATING AHEAD OF STORMS...COOL MID
LEVEL TEMPERATURES AND MODERATE DEEP SWLY SHEAR SUGGEST POTENTIAL
FOR SUSTAINED STORMS WITH HAIL AND...ESPECIALLY INVOF WARM FRONT IN
NRN PART OF WW...ISOLATED TORNADOES.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22030.


...CORFIDI

Tornado Watches in Ohio, 2007Tornado Watches in Indiana, 2007Tornado Watches in Kentucky, 2007Every tornado watch in 2007

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.