URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 127 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 430 PM EDT THU APR 18 2013 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN THROUGH EAST CENTRAL INDIANA NORTHWEST OHIO OHIO * EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 430 PM UNTIL 1000 PM EDT. * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE… A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE A FEW DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE INDIANA TO 45 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON INDIANA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7). 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. && DISCUSSION…SOME STRENGTHENING OF A PRE-FRONTAL SQUALL LINE APPROACHING THE REGION IS STILL POSSIBLE INTO EARLY EVENING. THE INTERSECTION OF THIS ACTIVITY WITH A SURFACE BOUNDARY GENERATED BY EARLIER CONVECTION…EXTENDING ACROSS THE INDIANAPOLIS AREA INTO PARTS OF NORTHWEST OHIO MAY PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR ENHANCED SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL…INCLUDING THE RISK FOR A TORNADO OR TWO…AND STRONG STRAIGHT LINE WIND GUSTS. ]]>
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