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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 41

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1050 AM EDT Thu Mar 14 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 

  much of Indiana

  far northern Kentucky

  parts of western Ohio



* Effective this Thursday morning and afternoon from 1050 AM

  until 400 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...A broken band of thunderstorms is expected to continue

intensifying this morning and into this afternoon, as it moves

across Indiana and vicinity.  Large hail and damaging winds will be

possible, along with potential for a couple of brief tornadoes

associated with stronger cells within the broader line of storms.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70

statute miles east and west of a line from 60 miles north northwest

of Muncie IN to 50 miles south of Bloomington IN. 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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 39...WW 40...



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

24040.



...Goss