WW 41 SEVERE TSTM IN KY OH 141450Z – 142000Z
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
