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Tornado Watch 369
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WW0369 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   SEL9
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 369
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   745 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
          SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 745 PM
   UNTIL 300 AM CDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 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 65 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF
   DECATUR ILLINOIS TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF POPLAR BLUFF MISSOURI.  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 365...WW 366...WW
   367...WW 368...
   
   DISCUSSION...LOOSELY-ORGANIZED CONVECTIVE SYSTEM IN CNTRL MO...AND
   MORE ISOLD STORMS FORMING IN DPVA/WAA AREA AHEAD OF IT...EXPECTED TO
   CONTINUE GENERALLY ENE ACROSS THE MS RVR LATER THIS EVE. 
   COMBINATION OF WEAK LOW LVL VEERING PROFILES ALONG W-E STNRY FRONT
   OVER E CNTRL MO-CNTRL IL...MODERATE DEEP WLY SHEAR ALONG THIS
   BOUNDARY...AND RELATIVELY SMALL TEMPERATURE-DEW POINT SPREADS
   SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR A FEW SEMI-DISCRETE SUPERCELLS/POSSIBLE ISOLD
   TORNADOES.  FARTHER S...SERN MO MAY BE GRAZED BY NRN PART OF BOW MCS
   NOW IN NW AR AS THAT SYSTEM CONTINUES ENE AT 40-50 KTS.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25040.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
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