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SPC WW 270735
ILZ000-MOZ000-271500-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 957
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
135 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL ILLINOIS
NORTHEAST MISSOURI
EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING FROM 135 AM UNTIL 900 AM CST.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF BLOOMINGTON
ILLINOIS TO 60 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF QUINCY ILLINOIS. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).
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 955...WW 956...
DISCUSSION...SCTD CLUSTERS/SHORT BANDS OF SUSTAINED TSTMS EXPECTED
TO PERSIST IN WAA AREA ALONG AXIS OF 60 KT SSWLY LLJ. GRADUAL LOW
LVL MOISTENING ACROSS REGION...AND CONTINUED EROSION OF SHALLOW LOW
LVL STABLE LAYER...MAY SUPPORT A THREAT FOR ISOLD TORNADOES...IN
ADDITION TO SCTD DMGG WIND GUSTS...WITH EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS LIKELY
TO DEVELOP/EXIST THROUGH MID MORNING.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23045.
...CORFIDI
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