Tornado Watch 441

Issued

Jun 3, 2008, 8:42 PM EDT (00:42 UTC)

Expired

Jun 4, 2008, 3:00 AM EDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

2 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

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Two or more tornadoes

40%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

20%

Ten or more severe wind reports

40%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

30%

Ten or more severe hail reports

50%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

30%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

80%

• Mesoscale Discussion 1186Jun 3, 7:17 PM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1191Jun 3, 10:47 PM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1194Jun 4, 12:34 AM EDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 040041
SEL1  
SPC WW 040041
INZ000-KYZ000-OHZ000-040700-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 441
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
840 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2008

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

       CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA
       FAR NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
       SOUTHERN OHIO

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 840 PM
UNTIL 300 AM 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 45 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
LAFAYETTE INDIANA TO 40 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF ATHENS 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.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 435...WW 437...WW
438...WW 439...WW 440...

DISCUSSION...TSTMS HAVE BEEN INCREASING ALONG/N OF AN OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY ACROSS CNTRL IND AND SRN OH EARLY THIS EVENING WHERE
PERSISTENT LOW-LEVEL WARM ADVECTION WAS MAXIMIZED.  AIR MASS IS
EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY RECOVER THROUGH THE EVENING AND GIVEN MLCAPES
OF AROUND 2000 J/KG AND EFFECTIVE VERTICAL SHEAR IN EXCESS OF 60
KTS...SUPERCELL STORMS CAN BE EXPECTED.  ADDITIONALLY...GIVEN
PRESENCE OF THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY AND MOIST LOW-LEVEL PROFILES...A
COUPLE OF TORNADOES CANNOT BE RULED OUT.  OTHERWISE...LARGE HAIL AND
DMGG WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED.

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
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27030.


...RACY/THOMPSON

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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.