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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 260
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WW0260 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   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
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