WATCHES: Tornado Watch Number 701

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 701
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
545 PM CDT TUE OCT 2 2007

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
NORTHEAST MISSOURI

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 545 PM UNTIL
1000 PM CDT.

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 45 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF
QUINCY ILLINOIS TO 35 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF JEFFERSON CITY
MISSOURI. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).

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 700...

DISCUSSION...DISCRETE SUPERCELLS HAVE FORMED WITHIN THE LARGER BAND
OF CONVECTION ACROSS E/NE MO THIS AFTERNOON. CONTINUED LOW-LEVEL
MOISTENING TO THE E OF THE ONGOING STORMS...ALONG WITH STRONG
LOW-LEVEL AND DEEP LAYER SHEAR...WILL MAINTAIN THE THREAT FOR A FEW
TORNADOES THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS NE MO INTO W CENTRAL IL.

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 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.

..THOMPSON

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