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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 146
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1040 AM EDT MON APR 3 2006
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          NORTHEAST KENTUCKY
          EASTERN OHIO
          WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
          NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1040 AM UNTIL 500
   PM 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 75 STATUTE MILES
   EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF FRANKLIN
   PENNSYLVANIA TO 55 MILES SOUTH OF ATHENS OHIO. FOR A COMPLETE
   DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
   (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
   
   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.
   
   DISCUSSION...STRONG UPPER TROUGH AND COLD FRONT MOVING THRU ERN OH
   VALLEY.  SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY GIVEN THE SHEAR PROFILES AND
   VERTICAL MOTION WITH SYSTEM TO SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT OF SUPERCELLS. 
   STORMS WILL RAPIDLY DEVELOP EWD ACROSS WATCH.  SUPERCELLS ALONG WITH
   LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL ALSO SUPPORT A TORNADO THREAT.
   
   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 450.
   MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23040.
   
   
   ...HALES