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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 91
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
745 PM EDT THU APR 2 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA
* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT FROM 745 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...AN INTENSIFYING BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO
MOVE EAST-NORTHEAST ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS EVENING.
SMALLER-SCALE LINE SEGMENTS AND BOWS WILL AID IN FOCUSING THE MORE
INTENSE PORTIONS OF THE SQUALL LINE AND ASSOCIATED WIND-DAMAGE RISK.
A BRIEF TORNADO OR TWO IS ALSO POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY WITH ANY MATURE
MESOVORTEX.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 35
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTH OF FORT
WAYNE IN TO 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS 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.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 89...WW 90...
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO
1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW
CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 300. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR
25040.
...SMITH
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