Severe Thunderstorm Watch

The Storm Prediction Center has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for the following counties in Indiana until 9:00 pm tonight:
ADAMS...ALLEN...BLACKFORD...DE KALB...GRANT...KOSCIUSKO... LAGRANGE...NOBLE...STEUBEN...WABASH...WELLS and WHITLEY

Strong thunderstorms are possible with damaging winds and large hail.

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 522
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1130 AM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

PARTS OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN ILLINOIS
MUCH OF INDIANA
SMALL PART OF WESTERN KENTUCKY
SMALL PART OF SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN
SMALL PART OF SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI
LAKE MICHIGAN

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1130 AM UNTIL 800
PM CDT.

HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES EAST
NORTHEAST OF SOUTH BEND INDIANA TO 40 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF
CARBONDALE ILLINOIS. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE
THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

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.

DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN NUMBER AND INTENSITY
ALONG AND AHEAD OF SURFACE BOUNDARY FROM NWRN IND SWWD TO SERN MO.
AIR MASS OF MLCAPE AOA 2000 J/KG SUPPORTS BOTH LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS AS STORMS EVOLVE INTO MULTICELL CLUSTERS AND ISOLATED
SUPERCELLS.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 24030.