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Tornado Watch 45
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   SEL5
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 45
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   840 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          PARTS OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
          PARTS OF SOUTHERN AND WESTERN INDIANA
          PARTS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN KENTUCKY
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 840 AM UNTIL 600
   PM CST.
   
   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 80 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
   DANVILLE ILLINOIS TO 20 MILES WEST OF FORT CAMPBELL KENTUCKY. 
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
   
   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 42...WW 43...WW 44...
   
   DISCUSSION...INTENSE SURFACE LOW MOVING INTO IA WITH VERY STRONG
   MID/UPPER JET DRIVING NEWD ACROSS MID MS AND LOWER OH VALLEY.  AIR
   MASS EXPECTED TO DESTABILIZE NWD AHEAD OF COLD FRONT WITH VERY
   FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SUPERCELLS/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
   450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24050.
   
   
   ...HALES
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