Tornado Watch 394

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 394
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
155 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL ILLINOIS
NORTHWEST INTO WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
EAST-CENTRAL MISSOURI
EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 155 PM UNTIL
1000 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 55 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES WEST OF JEFFERSON
CITY MISSOURI TO 35 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE INDIANA.
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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES
TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 393
. WATCH NUMBER 393 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER
155 PM CDT.
DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THIS REGION THROUGH
THE EVENING AS STRONG SURFACE HEATING AND CONTINUED LOW LEVEL
MOISTENING ERASE CAP. AIR MASS WILL BE MODERATELY UNSTABLE WITH
STRONG DEEP LAYER SHEAR SUPPORTING SUPERCELLS AND BOW ECHOES THROUGH
THE EVENING. ISOLATED TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL REMAIN
POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS AS
STORMS ORGANIZE INTO BOWING STRUCTURES THIS EVENING.
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 26030.
...EVANS