WW 81 SEVERE TSTM IL IN KY 302310Z – 310500Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 81 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 710 PM EDT Wed Mar 30 2022 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Southeast Illinois Southern Indiana Central Kentucky * Effective this Wednesday night and Thursday morning from 710 PM until 100 AM EDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible A tornado or two possible SUMMARY...Fast-moving linearly organized bands of showers/thunderstorms will continue northeastward across the region this evening. While moisture and instability will become more limited with east/northeastward extent, very strong deep-layer/low-level winds will support the possibility of convectively enhanced wind damage even where minimal instability exists. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50 statute miles east and west of a line from 25 miles north northwest of Bloomington IN to 35 miles southeast of Bowling Green KY. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1). PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are favorable for 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. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce tornadoes. && OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 76...WW 77...WW 78...WW 79...WW 80... AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector 22045. ...Guyer
