TORNADO WATCH

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 50
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
255 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009

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

INDIANA
CENTRAL KENTUCKY
WESTERN OHIO

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 255 PM UNTIL 800 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 55 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF MUNCIE INDIANA TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

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 48...WW 49...

DISCUSSION...VERY DYNAMIC SITUATION THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING ACROSS WW AS VERY STRONG UPPER SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED 90+ KT MID LEVEL/55+ KT H85 JETS EJECT ACROSS THIS REGION. SURFACE WARM FRONT WILL LIKELY BE LIFTED SLIGHTLY NWD THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AS LOW CENTER DEEPENS INTO SRN LAKE MI. DESPITE THE LIMITED INSTABILITY...DEEP ASCENT ALONG AND AHEAD OF SURFACE COLD FRONT SHOULD SUSTAIN SEMI-DISCRETE LINE OF SUPERCELLS/SMALL BOW ECHOES MOVING RAPIDLY ENEWD THROUGH THE EARLY TO MID EVENING. THREAT OF WIND DAMAGE WILL BE PARAMOUNT WITH THESE STORMS...ALTHOUGH EXTREME LOW LEVEL SHEAR WILL ALSO SUPPORT A THREAT OF ISOLATED TORNADOES.