URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 433
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
715 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
EASTERN IOWA
NORTHWESTERN AND EXTREME WEST-CENTRAL ILLINOIS
EXTREME NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI
EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 715 AM UNTIL
300 PM CDT.
HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60
STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST
OF CEDAR RAPIDS IOWA TO 30 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF PEORIA
ILLINOIS. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY
DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...
WW 431
...
WW 432
...
DISCUSSION...ERN/NRN PORTION OF WELL ORGANIZED MCS -- INITIALLY IN
WW 432 -- EXPECTED TO MOVE ESEWD INTO NEW WW AREA. FAVORABLE
AMBIENT SHEAR PROFILES WILL SUPPORT POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL
ANYWHERE WITHIN WW AREA. AIRMASS FCST TO DESTABILIZE WITH SWD
EXTENT IN CLOSER PROXIMITY TO NEARLY SFC-BASED EFFECTIVE INFLOW
PARCELS...INCREASING DAMAGING WIND THREAT AS WELL.
AVIATION...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 550. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 26030.
...EDWARDS/CORFIDI
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
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