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WWUS20 KWNS 092301
SEL4
SPC WW 092305
ILZ000-INZ000-100400-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 324
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
605 PM CDT FRI MAY 9 2003
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL ILLINOIS
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA
EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY EVENING FROM 605 PM UNTIL 1100 PM CDT.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 50 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES EAST OF FORT WAYNE INDIANA TO 50
MILES SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD ILLINOIS.
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 318...WW 319...WW 320...WW
321...WW 322...WW 323...
DISCUSSION...VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS ACROSS CENTRAL IL INTO NRN IN.
BOUNDARIES ACROSS NERN IN AND WSWWD ACROSS CENTRAL IL WILL FOCUS
INITIATION. DEEP LAYER SHEAR AND INSTABILITY WILL SUPPORT
SUPERCELLS WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES ALONG WITH POTENTIALLY VERY LARGE
HAIL.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.
...HALES
401,0844 382,0894 395,0894 414,0844