Tornado Watch 250

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 250
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
915 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
SOUTHWEST INDIANA
WESTERN KENTUCKY
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 915 AM UNTIL 300
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 75 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF
EVANSVILLE INDIANA TO 50 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF PADUCAH
KENTUCKY. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
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 248
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WW 249
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DISCUSSION...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS INTENSIFYING OVER SOUTHEAST MO
AND MAY POSE A THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL THIS MORNING.
OTHER MORE ISOLATED CELLS MAY DEVELOP AHEAD OF LINE IN THE NEXT FEW
HOURS...WHERE LOW LEVEL VERTICAL SHEAR APPEARS FAVORABLE FOR
SUPERCELL STORMS CAPABLE OF ISOLATED TORNADOES.
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
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.
...HART