Tornado Watch 103

Issued

Mar 23, 2012, 6:25 PM EDT (22:25 UTC)

Expired

Mar 24, 2012, 1:00 AM EDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

2 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:27 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

5%

Ten or more severe hail reports

40%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

30%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

80%

• Mesoscale Discussion 334Mar 23, 2:28 PM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 336Mar 23, 4:17 PM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 338Mar 23, 6:08 PM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 340Mar 23, 8:01 PM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 341Mar 23, 9:06 PM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 342Mar 23, 11:16 PM EDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 232227
SEL3
SPC WW 232227
INZ000-KYZ000-240500-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 103
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
625 PM EDT FRI MAR 23 2012

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

       CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA
       CENTRAL KENTUCKY

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 625 PM
UNTIL 100 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 50 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF MUNCIE
INDIANA TO 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY.  FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

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 101...WW 102...

DISCUSSION...TSTMS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE ALONG CONFLUENCE
ZONE ATTM ARCING SWD FROM NEAR LAFAYETTE IND TO NEAR BOWLING GREEN
KY AS MID/UPR LVL VORT LOBE NOW IN NE AR/W TN CONTINUES NEWD.
SLIGHTLY BACKED...RELATIVELY WARM/MOIST INFLOW AHEAD OF CONFLUENCE
ZONE AND CONTINUED COOLING/ASCENT ALOFT SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR A FEW
STORMS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLY LOW LVL
MESOCYCLONES/TORNADOES.

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
400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23030.


...CORFIDI

Tornado Watches in Kentucky, 2012Tornado Watches in Indiana, 2012Every tornado watch in 2012

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.