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Tornado Watch 870
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List of Counties in Watch 870 (WOU)
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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 870...RESENT
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   610 PM EST TUE NOV 15 2005
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          NORTHEAST KENTUCKY
          SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN
          CENTRAL AND WESTERN OHIO
          LAKE ERIE
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT FROM 610 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
   TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55 STATUTE MILES
   EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF DETROIT
   MICHIGAN TO 10 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF HUNTINGTON WEST VIRGINIA. 
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
   
   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 867...WW 868...WW 869...
   
   DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDING TORNADIC SUPERCELLS
   CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE RAPIDLY NEWD AHEAD OF COLD FRONT MOVING
   INTO WRN IND.  WITH WARM FRONT CONTINUING NWD INTO SERN LWR MI AS
   INTENSE DEEPENING TAKES PLACE TO THE W...THREAT FOR TORNADOES WILL
   SPREAD NEWD ALONG AND S OF WARM FRONT THRU CENTRAL OH.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
   GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450.
   MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23045.
   
   
   ...HALES
   
   
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