By Dan (
June 12, 2008 at 1:18 pm)
· Filed under Severe
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 513
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
105 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
EASTERN IOWA
NORTHERN ILLINOIS
NORTHWEST INDIANA
NORTHEAST MISSOURI
SOUTHERN WISCONSIN
LAKE MICHIGAN
EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 105 PM UNTIL
800 PM CDT.
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 100 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST OF BURLINGTON
IOWA TO 30 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF MILWAUKEE WISCONSIN. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
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.
DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY INCREASE ACROSS
EASTERN IA...SOUTHERN WI...AND NORTHERN IL THIS AFTERNOON AS AIRMASS
DESTABILIZES AND CAP WEAKENS. EVENTUALLY SCATTERED SUPERCELL AND
BOWING STRUCTURES ARE EXPECTED TO EVOLVE WITH A RISK OF DAMAGING
WINDS...ISOLATED TORNADOES...AND HAIL.
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