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Tornado Watch 566
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WW0566 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Very Low Very Low

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   SEL6

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 566
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   425 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

   * TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
     FAR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY
     CENTRAL AND EASTERN OHIO
     LAKE ERIE

   * EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON FROM 425 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST.

   * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
     SEVERAL TORNADOES POSSIBLE
     SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS LIKELY WITH A FEW SIGNIFICANT GUSTS
       TO 80 MPH POSSIBLE

   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ATHENS
   OHIO TO 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLEVELAND OHIO.  FOR A COMPLETE
   DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
   (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

   PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

   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 562...WW 563...WW
   564...WW 565...

   DISCUSSION...A FAST-MOVING CONVECTIVE BAND WITH EMBEDDED BOWING AND
   SUPERCELL STRUCTURES OVER INDIANA IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY EVOLVE
   INTO A FORCED SQUALL LINE ALONG THE COLD FRONT LATER THIS EVENING
   INTO TONIGHT.  WHILE CORRIDORS OF POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT WIND
   DAMAGE WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD...A FEW TORNADOES WILL BE
   POSSIBLE.

   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   300. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24055.


   ...MEAD
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