THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI
EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 105 PM UNTIL 700 PM CDT.
...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...
DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 2.5 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 10 MILES NORTH OF BLOOMINGTON ILLINOIS TO 20 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF POPLAR BLUFF MISSOURI.
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 330...WW 331...WW 332...WW 333...
DISCUSSION...SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE NEXT 1-2 HOURS ALONG W/E OUTFLOW BOUNDARY IN CNTRL MO. ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY MAY ALSO FORM ALONG AXIS OF WEAK LOW LEVEL CONFLUENCE WITHIN WARM SECTOR ACROSS SE MO/SRN IL. LARGE SCALE ASCENT WILL INCREASE WITH TIME AS STRONG SHORTWAVE CONTINUES FROM WRN/CNTRL KS LASTER TODAY/TONIGHT... SUPPORTING POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL/HIGH WIND.
Wow! Look at all the red boxes here. (not down to my neck of the woods yet; Nashville)
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