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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 2

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

235 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       PARTS OF SOUTHEAST IOWA

       MUCH OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS

       SMALL PART OF NORTHWEST INDIANA

       LAKE MICHIGAN



EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 235 PM UNTIL 900

PM CST.



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 95 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PEORIA

ILLINOIS TO 40 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF MEIGS FIELD ILLINOIS.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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 1...



DISCUSSION...WITH THE UNSEASONABLY WARM AND MDTLY UNSTABLE AIR MASS

AHEAD OF COLD FRONT ACROSS WATCH AREA AND THE VERY STRONG SHEAR

ENVIRONMENT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY NRN IL.  IN ADDITION

TO THE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THREAT...A COUPLE OF TORNADOES

ARE LIKELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE MORE DISCRETE UPDRAFTS NOW DEVELOPING

NERN MO AND NWRN IL.



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

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23045.





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