Tornado Watch 287

Issued

Jun 22, 2016, 10:33 PM EDT (02:33 UTC)

Expired

Jun 23, 2016, 6:52 AM EDT

In force

8 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

2 in

Strongest gust expected

70 kt

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Two or more tornadoes

40%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

20%

Ten or more severe wind reports

90%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

30%

Ten or more severe hail reports

30%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

30%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

95%

• Mesoscale Discussion 1024Jun 22, 9:53 PM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1026Jun 23, 12:51 AM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1028Jun 23, 4:36 AM EDT

905 
WWUS20 KWNS 230230
SEL7  
SPC WW 230230
INZ000-KYZ000-OHZ000-230900-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 287
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1025 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2016

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  CENTRAL...NORTHERN AND EASTERN INDIANA
  NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY
  WESTERN AND CENTRAL OHIO

* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 1025
  PM UNTIL 500 AM EDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
  WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS
    TO 80 MPH POSSIBLE
  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

SUMMARY...A GROUPING OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INITIALLY OVER NORTHERN
ILLINOIS...NORTHWESTERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN IS
EXPECTED TO BECOME STILL MORE ORGANIZED AS IT ACCELERATES INTO AND
ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.  DAMAGING WINDS WILL BECOME THE MAIN
THREAT...PERHAPS WIDESPREAD AND INTENSE ENOUGH TO QUALIFY AS A
DERECHO.  EMBEDDED CIRCULATIONS ALSO MAY REMAIN CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
A TORNADO OR TWO.  SEE SPC MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1024 FOR FURTHER
INITIAL DETAILS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE
MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF
LAFAYETTE INDIANA TO 50 MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBUS OHIO.  FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 286...

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
550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 30040.


...EDWARDS

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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.