Begin forwarded message: > From: interwarn@xxxxxxxx > Date: May 7, 2010 3:32:47 PM EDT > To: reedyk@xxxxxx > Subject: Public Watch Box > > > WWUS20 KWNS 071930 > SEL3 > SPC WW 071930 > ILZ000-INZ000-MIZ000-OHZ000-LEZ000-080300- > > URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED > TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 143 > NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK > 230 PM CDT FRI MAY 7 2010 > > THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A > TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF > > EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS > CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA > SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN > WESTERN AND CENTRAL OHIO > LAKE ERIE > > EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 230 PM UNTIL > 1000 PM 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 90 STATUTE > MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF > MATTOON ILLINOIS TO 50 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF MANSFIELD OHIO. > FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH > OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3). > > 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. > > DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY SOON ALONG A > SURFACE COLD FRONT ACROSS EASTERN IL AND WESTERN IND. ACTIVITY WILL > LIKELY MOVE/DEVELOP EASTWARD ACROSS WATCH AREA THROUGH THE EVENING > AS LARGE SCALE FORCING OVERSPREADS THE REGION. SUFFICIENT MLCAPE > VALUES AND STRONG SHEAR PROFILES SUGGEST THE POTENTIAL FOR > SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED > TORNADOES. > > 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 25040. > > ..HART > WWWW > > > $$ > > 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