Begin forwarded message: > From: interwarn@xxxxxxxx > Date: May 1, 2010 11:18:52 PM EDT > To: reedyk@xxxxxx > Subject: Public Watch Box > > > WWUS20 KWNS 020316 > SEL9 > SPC WW 020316 > ILZ000-INZ000-KYZ000-MOZ000-021000- > > URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED > TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 129 > NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK > 1015 PM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010 > > THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A > TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF > > CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS > PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA > WESTERN KENTUCKY > SOUTHEASTERN AND EAST-CENTRAL MISSOURI > > EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 1015 PM > UNTIL 500 AM CDT. > > TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND > GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE > AREAS. > > THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 135 STATUTE > MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 5 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF > LAFAYETTE INDIANA TO 45 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF PADUCAH > KENTUCKY. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE > ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9). > > 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. > > OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 127...WW 128... > > DISCUSSION...INCREASING SSWLY LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO > ADVECT MOISTURE NWD INTO THE LOWER OH VALLEY LATE THIS EVENING AND > OVERNIGHT AIDING IN FURTHER AIR MASS DESTABILIZATION. STRONG DEEP > LAYER SHEAR AND INCREASING LOW LEVEL SHEAR WILL SUPPORT SUPERCELLS > WITH AN ATTENDANT THREAT FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES...HAIL AND DAMAGING > WINDS. > > AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 23035. > > ..PETERS/THOMPSON > $$ > > > This weather bulletin was brought to you by InterWARN at www.interwarn.com Illiana Skywarn - Serving the Wabash Valley since 1974 Participate or Listen on: 145.230 (- / no PL) Vigo, Edgar, Clark, Vermillion, Parke, Clay and Sullivan 146.715 (- / no PL) overflow for Vermillion and Parke 444.600 (+ / no PL) UHF link into 145.230/r 146.685 (- / 151.4Hz) as a backup