URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 331 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1150 AM EST SUN MAY 30 2004 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
EASTERN AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS MUCH OF INDIANA WESTERN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY
EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1150 AM UNTIL 700 PM EST.
...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...
DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE 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 ALONG AND 80 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE INDIANA TO 10 MILES WEST OF FORT CAMPBELL KENTUCKY.
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 329...WW 330... DISCUSSION...NRN IL MCS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE EWD INTO IND LATER THIS AFTERNOON...WITH EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS MAINTAINING A THREAT FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES/DAMAGING SURFACE WINDS. FARTHER S AND E... SUPERCELLS ALSO EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS ALONG DIFFUSE NW/SE WARM FRONT ACROSS CNTRL PARTS OF IND/KY. ISOLATED ACTIVITY NOW DEVELOPING IN WARM SECTOR OVER SERN IL/WRN KY MAY ALSO PERSIST AS SURFACE HEATING COUNTERACTS WARM ADVECTION LIKELY OCCURRING IN THE 800-700 MB LAYER. VERY RICH MOISTURE INFLOW AND STRENGTHENING DEEP WIND FIELDS MAY SUPPORT A FEW TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL/HIGH WIND.
Fatalities in Missouri from yesterday. One Tornado Warning for the Paducah, KY area.
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN IOWA NORTHWEST ILLINOIS SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN
EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1225 PM UNTIL 700 PM CDT.
...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...
DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER... THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 90 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 70 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF WATERLOO IOWA TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BURLINGTON IOWA.
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 329...WW 330...WW 331...
DISCUSSION...SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO IN LOW LEVEL CONFLUENCE ZONE AHEAD OF DEVELOPING NRN MO SURFACE WAVE. SURFACE HEATING COUPLED WITH FAVORABLY TIMED WITH STRENGTHENING LARGE SCALE ASCENT SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR A STRONG TORNADO OR TWO IN ADDITION TO HAIL...ESPECIALLY IN SE IA.
ALL.. please only post conformed tornadoes..there will be 100's of warnings with the doppler so don't fill up the page with those..only post if there is one spotted..AR/OK about to pop too...this is going to be HUGE..bigger then yesterday..keep an eye on the indy 500