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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 69

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

840 PM EDT Mon Apr 1 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 

  Central Indiana

  Southwest Ohio



* Effective this Monday night and Tuesday morning from 840 PM

  until 300 AM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail likely with isolated very large hail events

    to 2 inches in diameter possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop across the

watch area through the evening, along a surface front.  The

strongest cells will pose a risk of hail and perhaps damaging winds.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 40

statute miles north and south of a line from 20 miles west of Terre

Haute IN to 10 miles south southeast of Dayton OH. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 64...WW 65...WW 66...WW

67...WW 68...



AVIATION...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

26030.



...Hart