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Particularly Dangerous Situation (PDS) Tornado Watch 868
Initial RADAR image for Watch 868
List of Counties in Watch 868 (WOU)
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Note:  The parallelogram is only an approximation to the watch, the actual watch is defined by the outlines of the counties contained in it.
   SEL8
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 868...CORRECTED
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   315 PM EST TUE NOV 15 2005
   
   CORRECTED FOR ADDITION OF PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS WORDING
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA
          CENTRAL KENTUCKY
          WESTERN OHIO
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 315 PM UNTIL
   1000 PM EST.
   
   ...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...
   
   DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...
   THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 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 50 MILES NORTH OF MUNCIE INDIANA TO
   25 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
   
   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 864...WW 865...WW 866...WW
   867...
   
   DISCUSSION...LINE OF TORNADIC SUPERCELLS OVER WESTERN IND AND
   WESTERN KY WILL TRACK EASTWARD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
   TOWARDS WESTERN OH.  VERY STRONG LOW LEVEL AND DEEP LAYER SHEAR
   PROFILES AND SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY WILL POSE A RISK OF SIGNIFICANT
   TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS THIS REGION.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24045.
   
   
   ...HART
   
   
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