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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 265

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

725 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL AND EASTERN ILLINOIS



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 725 PM

  UNTIL 400 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY

  SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF SALEM

ILLINOIS TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF DANVILLE ILLINOIS.  FOR A COMPLETE

DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 260...WW 261...WW

262...WW 263...WW 264...



DISCUSSION...EVOLVING MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM NOW APPROACHING

THE ST. LOUIS METROPOLITAN AREA IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE EAST

NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND EASTERN ILLINOIS

LATE THIS EVENING...ACCOMPANIED BY THE RISK FOR SEVERE WIND

GUSTS...LARGE HAIL...AND THE RISK FOR A FEW TORNADOES.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25040.





...KERR

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