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Tornado Watch 143
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WW0143 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Moderate
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
High Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
High Moderate

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   SEL3
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 143
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   230 PM CDT FRI MAY 7 2010
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
          CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA
          SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN
          WESTERN AND CENTRAL OHIO
          LAKE ERIE
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 230 PM UNTIL
   1000 PM CDT.
   
   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 90 STATUTE
   MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF
   MATTOON ILLINOIS TO 50 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF MANSFIELD OHIO. 
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
   
   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...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY SOON ALONG A
   SURFACE COLD FRONT ACROSS EASTERN IL AND WESTERN IND.  ACTIVITY WILL
   LIKELY MOVE/DEVELOP EASTWARD ACROSS WATCH AREA THROUGH THE EVENING
   AS LARGE SCALE FORCING OVERSPREADS THE REGION.  SUFFICIENT MLCAPE
   VALUES AND STRONG SHEAR PROFILES SUGGEST THE POTENTIAL FOR
   SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED
   TORNADOES.
   
   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 25040.
   
   
   ...HART
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