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From: interwarn@xxxxxxxx Date: May 7, 2009 7:17:34 PM GMT-04:00 To: interwarn@xxxxxxxx Subject: Public Watch Box Reply-To: interwarn@xxxxxxxx WWUS20 KWNS 072315 SEL0 SPC WW 072315 ILZ000-INZ000-MOZ000-080700- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 260 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 615 PM CDT THU MAY 7 2009 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS WESTERN INDIANA NORTHEAST MISSOURI EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 615 PM UNTIL 200 AM CDT. HAIL TO 2 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 60 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF QUINCY ILLINOIS TO 45 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE INDIANA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0). 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 258...WW 259... DISCUSSION...TSTMS EXPECTED TO INCREASE THROUGH LATE EVE ALONG /1/ W-E BOUNDARY OVER NE MO/W CNTRL IL...AND /2/ INVOF DIFFUSE WARM FRONTAL SEGMENT ORIENTED MORE N-S ACROSS CNTRL MO. PROXIMITY TO STRONG ZONAL MID/UPR LVL FLOW AND SIZABLE TEMPERATURE-DEW POINT SPREADS SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR BOWING SEGMENTS WITH SVR WIND/HAIL AS STORMS MERGE INTO A FORWARD-PROPAGATING MCS. AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 29035. ..CORFIDI WWWW
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