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SPC Tornado Watch 100

WW 100 TORNADO IN KY OH 010305Z – 010900Z


URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 100
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1105 PM EDT Fri Mar 31 2023

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of 
  Southeastern Indiana
  Northern Kentucky
  Western Ohio

* Effective this Friday night and Saturday morning from 1105 PM
  until 500 AM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  A couple tornadoes possible
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
  Isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...A corridor of strong-severe thunderstorms now over Indiana
may maintain some severe potential east of tornado watch 98 into
parts of western Ohio and northern Kentucky, before weakening late
tonight as it encounters a more-stable air mass.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 50 statute miles
east and west of a line from 45 miles south of Cincinnati OH to 50
miles north of Dayton OH. For a complete depiction of the watch see
the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

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.

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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 97...WW 98...WW 99...

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 24045.

...Edwards

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