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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 287
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1025 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2016

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...NORTHERN AND EASTERN INDIANA NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY WESTERN AND CENTRAL OHIO

* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 1025PM UNTIL 500 AM EDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 80 MPH POSSIBLE ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

SUMMARY...A GROUPING OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INITIALLY OVER NORTHERN ILLINOIS...NORTHWESTERN INDIANA AND SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN IS EXPECTED TO BECOME STILL MORE ORGANIZED AS IT ACCELERATES INTO AND ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BECOME THE MAIN THREAT...PERHAPS WIDESPREAD AND INTENSE ENOUGH TO QUALIFY AS A DERECHO. EMBEDDED CIRCULATIONS ALSO MAY REMAIN CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OR TWO. SEE SPC MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1024 FOR FURTHER INITIAL DETAILS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE INDIANA TO 50 MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBUS OHIO. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.