Tornado Watch 234

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 234
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
340 PM CDT FRI APR 25 2008
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
EASTERN IOWA
CENTRAL INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS
FAR NORTHEAST MISSOURI
EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 340 PM UNTIL 800
PM CDT.
TORNADOES...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 APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF
ROCKFORD ILLINOIS TO 40 MILES EAST OF QUINCY 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.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...
WW 231
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WW 232
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WW 233
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DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE REMAINED DISCRETE AND EVOLVED
AS SUPERCELLS OVER FAR ERN IA THIS AFTERNOON. TORNADO THREAT HAS
LIKEWISE INCREASED AND HAVE REPLACED NRN 2/3S OF SVR TSTM WATCH 231
WITH THIS TORNADO WATCH.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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
400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25035.
...EVANS