URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 154 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 105 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 105 PM UNTIL 900 PM CDT. TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 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 100 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI TO 65 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF ALTON ILLINOIS. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4). 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. DISCUSSION...SURFACE LOW NEAR COU WILL DEVELOP NEWD INTO CNTRL IL BY 20/00Z WITH AN ASSOCIATED NWD RETREAT OF WARM FRONT TO VICINITY OF THE I-70 CORRIDOR LATER TODAY. TSTM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR ON BOTH THE TRAILING COLD FRONT OVER W-CNTRL/SWRN MO AS WELL AS ALONG RETREATING WARM FRONT AS REMAINING CAP IS REMOVED. GIVEN THE PRESENCE OF A MODERATELY TO STRONGLY UNSTABLE WARM SECTOR IN PLACE WITH MLCAPE VALUES OF 2500-4000 J/KG AND EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR MAGNITUDES OF 40-50 KT...ENVIRONMENT WILL BE QUITE SUPPORTIVE OF SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF VERY LARGE HAIL...TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR TORNADOES WILL LIKELY RESIDE FROM THE VICINITY OF THE SURFACE LOW EWD ALONG THE WARM FRONT WHERE LOW-LEVEL SHEAR WILL REMAIN MAXIMIZED. AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
April 19: Tornado Watch #1
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