Tornado Watch 436

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 436
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
335 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2008
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
FAR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY
SOUTHERN OHIO
FAR SOUTHWEST WEST VIRGINIA
EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 335 PM UNTIL
900 PM EDT.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF
ATHENS OHIO TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HUNTINGTON WEST VIRGINIA.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
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.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...
WW 434
...
WW 435
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DISCUSSION...INTENSE...COMPACT BOW ECHO/SUPERCELL COMPLEX CONTINUES
TO RACE EWD INTO SWRN OH AT OVER 55 KT LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
ALTHOUGH AIR MASS IS OF QUESTIONABLE INSTABILITY...EXTREME SHEAR AND
UPPER SUPPORT INVOF INTENSE MID LEVEL SPEED MAX /NEAR 70 KT AOA 4 KM
ON VWP FROM IND/ MAY SUSTAIN THIS COMPLEX EWD ACROSS WW. DAMAGING
WINDS AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO ARE EXPECTED. LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO
ACCOMPANY STRONGER CORES.
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
400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27045.
...EVANS