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Tornado Watch 140
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Initial List of Counties in Watch 140 (WOU)
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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 140
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   935 PM EDT SUN APR 2 2006
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHEAST INDIANA
          CENTRAL AND EASTERN KENTUCKY
          SOUTHWEST OHIO
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 935 PM UNTIL
   400 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 70 STATUTE MILES
   EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF DAYTON
   OHIO TO 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LONDON KENTUCKY. 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 132...WW 133...WW 134...WW
   135...WW 136...WW 137...WW 138...WW 139...
   
   DISCUSSION...FAST MOVING BAND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM
   EASTERN IND INTO WESTERN KY.  THESE STORMS WILL SPREAD EASTWARD
   OVERNIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST OH AND CENTRAL/EASTERN KY. 
   DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE
   POSSIBLE WITH STRONGER CELLS.
   
   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 24035.
   
   
   ...HART
   
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