Keith Reedy keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx Begin forwarded message: > From: National Weather Service <nws.noaa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: May 7, 2011 4:18:54 PM EDT > To: keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: NOAA's National Weather Service SPC Tornado/Severe Thunderstorm > Watches Update > Reply-To: National Weather Service <nws.noaa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > You are subscribed to SPC Tornado/Severe Thunderstorm Watches for NOAA's > National Weather Service. > > > > SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 264 Status Reports > > 05/07/2011 04:05 PM EDT > > WW 0264 Status Reports > > > > STATUS FOR WATCH 0264 HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED YET > Read more > > > SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 264 > > 05/07/2011 04:05 PM EDT > > WW 264 SEVERE TSTM IL IN 072000Z - 080300Z > > > > URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED > SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 264 > NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK > 300 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 2011 > > THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A > SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF > > EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS > WESTERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA > > EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 300 PM UNTIL > 1000 PM CDT. > > HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 > MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. > > THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 > STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST > NORTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON ILLINOIS TO 35 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF > INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE > THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4). > > 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. > > DISCUSSION...EXPECT STORM DEVELOPMENT TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVER > THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS UPPER SHORT WAVE TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE > LOW TRACK ESEWD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. STORMS WILL BE DEVELOPING > WITHIN MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS WHERE SBCAPE WILL BE AROUND 1000 > J PER KG. 50-60KT MID LEVEL WIND MAX ATOP LOW LEVEL SLY FLOW SHOULD > CONTRIBUTE TO EFFECTIVE SHEAR SUPPORTIVE OF PERSISTENT ROTATING > UPDRAFTS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. GENERALLY WEAK LOW LEVEL > SHEAR SHOULD OFFSET TORNADO THREAT BUT AN ISOLATED/LOW PROBABILITY > POTENTIAL FOR A WEAK/BRIEF TORNADO MAY EVOLVE NEAR THE WEAK SURFACE > LOW...AND ALONG OUTFLOW-REINFORCED WARM FRONT ACROSS NRN PORTIONS OF > THE WATCH. > > AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT > TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 > KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400. MEAN STORM > MOTION VECTOR 30025. > > > ...CARBIN > > Read more > > > > > > > To change your subscriptions or preferences log in to your Subscriber > Preferences Page with your e-mail address. > > Delete profile > > For questions or problems with the subscription service, please contact > support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > This service is provided by NOAA's National Weather Service. > > > > GovDelivery, Inc. (800-439-1420) sending to keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf > of the National Weather Service · 1325 East West Highway · Silver Spring, MD > 20910