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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 112
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
500 PM EDT Tue Apr 14 2026

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Northern and Central Indiana
  Western Ohio

* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 500 PM until
  1100 PM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered large hail likely with isolated very large hail events
    to 3 inches in diameter possible
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Multiple supercells should continue to pose a threat for
mainly large hail and damaging winds as they move eastward late this
afternoon and into the evening. A tornado or two may also occur.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70
statute miles north and south of a line from 25 miles south
southwest of Lafayette IN to 55 miles north northeast of Dayton OH.
For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch
outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

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 108...WW 109...WW
110...WW 111...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
27035.

...Gleason