URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 143 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 230 PM CDT FRI MAY 7 2010 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN WESTERN AND CENTRAL OHIO LAKE ERIE EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 230 PM UNTIL 1000 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 90 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF MATTOON ILLINOIS TO 50 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF MANSFIELD OHIO. 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 ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY SOON ALONG A SURFACE COLD FRONT ACROSS EASTERN IL AND WESTERN IND. ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY MOVE/DEVELOP EASTWARD ACROSS WATCH AREA THROUGH THE EVENING AS LARGE SCALE FORCING OVERSPREADS THE REGION. SUFFICIENT MLCAPE VALUES AND STRONG SHEAR PROFILES SUGGEST THE POTENTIAL FOR SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. 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 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25040. ...HART Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes Likelihood Moderate Moderate Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind High Moderate Severe Hail 2"+ Hail High Moderate Note: See the experimental Public Watch (SEL) product with explicit hazard information section below. The expiration time in the watch graphic is amended if the watch is replaced, cancelled or extended. Note: Click for Watch Status Reports. SEL3 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 143 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 230 PM CDT FRI MAY 7 2010 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN WESTERN AND CENTRAL OHIO LAKE ERIE EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 230 PM UNTIL 1000 PM CDT. SEVERAL TORNADOES ISOLATED INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS ISOLATED WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE WIDESPREAD LARGE HAIL ISOLATED HAIL TO 2.0 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF MATTOON ILLINOIS TO 50 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF MANSFIELD OHIO. 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 ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY SOON ALONG A SURFACE COLD FRONT ACROSS EASTERN IL AND WESTERN IND. ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY MOVE/DEVELOP EASTWARD ACROSS WATCH AREA THROUGH THE EVENING AS LARGE SCALE FORCING OVERSPREADS THE REGION. SUFFICIENT MLCAPE VALUES AND STRONG SHEAR PROFILES SUGGEST THE POTENTIAL FOR SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. 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 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25040. ...HART Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes Likelihood Moderate Moderate Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind High Moderate Severe Hail 2"+ Hail High Moderate SEL3 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 143 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 230 PM CDT FRI MAY 7 2010 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN WESTERN AND CENTRAL OHIO LAKE ERIE EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 230 PM UNTIL 1000 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 90 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF MATTOON ILLINOIS TO 50 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF MANSFIELD OHIO. 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 ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY SOON ALONG A SURFACE COLD FRONT ACROSS EASTERN IL AND WESTERN IND. ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY MOVE/DEVELOP EASTWARD ACROSS WATCH AREA THROUGH THE EVENING AS LARGE SCALE FORCING OVERSPREADS THE REGION. SUFFICIENT MLCAPE VALUES AND STRONG SHEAR PROFILES SUGGEST THE POTENTIAL FOR SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. 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 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25040. ...HART Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes Likelihood Moderate Moderate Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind High Moderate Severe Hail 2"+ Hail High Moderate Note: Click for Watch Status Reports. WOUS64 KWNS 071926 WOU3 BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 143 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 230 PM CDT FRI MAY 7 2010 TORNADO WATCH 143 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS ILC023-025-029-033-035-041-045-049-079-101-159-183-080300- /O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0143.100507T1930Z-100508T0300Z/ IL . ILLINOIS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE CLARK CLAY COLES CRAWFORD CUMBERLAND DOUGLAS EDGAR EFFINGHAM JASPER LAWRENCE RICHLAND VERMILION INC001-003-005-009-011-013-015-017-021-023-027-031-033-035-039- 041-045-047-049-053-055-057-059-063-065-067-069-071-075-079-081- 083-085-087-093-095-097-099-101-103-105-107-109-113-119-121-131- 133-135-139-141-145-149-151-153-157-159-161-165-167-169-171-177- 179-181-183-080300- /O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0143.100507T1930Z-100508T0300Z/ IN . INDIANA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE ADAMS ALLEN BARTHOLOMEW BLACKFORD BOONE BROWN CARROLL CASS CLAY CLINTON DAVIESS DECATUR DELAWARE DE KALB ELKHART FAYETTE FOUNTAIN FRANKLIN FULTON GRANT GREENE HAMILTON HANCOCK HENDRICKS HENRY HOWARD HUNTINGTON JACKSON JAY JENNINGS JOHNSON KNOX KOSCIUSKO LAGRANGE LAWRENCE MADISON MARION MARSHALL MARTIN MIAMI MONROE MONTGOMERY MORGAN NOBLE OWEN PARKE PULASKI PUTNAM RANDOLPH RUSH SHELBY ST. JOSEPH STARKE STEUBEN SULLIVAN TIPPECANOE TIPTON UNION VERMILLION VIGO WABASH WARREN WAYNE WELLS WHITE WHITLEY MIC023-027-059-091-115-149-161-163-080300- /O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0143.100507T1930Z-100508T0300Z/ MI . MICHIGAN COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE BRANCH CASS HILLSDALE LENAWEE MONROE ST. JOSEPH WASHTENAW WAYNE OHC003-005-011-017-021-023-033-037-039-041-043-049-051-057-063- 065-069-075-077-083-089-091-093-095-097-101-103-107-109-113-117- 123-125-135-137-139-143-147-149-159-161-169-171-173-175- 080300- /O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0143.100507T1930Z-100508T0300Z/ OH . OHIO COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE ALLEN ASHLAND AUGLAIZE BUTLER CHAMPAIGN CLARK CRAWFORD DARKE DEFIANCE DELAWARE ERIE FRANKLIN FULTON GREENE HANCOCK HARDIN HENRY HOLMES HURON KNOX LICKING LOGAN LORAIN LUCAS MADISON MARION MEDINA MERCER MIAMI MONTGOMERY MORROW OTTAWA PAULDING PREBLE PUTNAM RICHLAND SANDUSKY SENECA SHELBY UNION VAN WERT WAYNE WILLIAMS WOOD WYANDOT LCZ423-LEZ142-143-144-145-162-163-164-165-444-080300- /O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0143.100507T1930Z-100508T0300Z/ CW . ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS INCLUDED ARE DETROIT RIVER MAUMEE BAY TO RENO BEACH OH RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS OH THE ISLANDS TO VERMILION OH VERMILION TO AVON POINT OH DETROIT RIVER LT. TO MAUMEE BAY OH TO RENO BEACH OH BEYOND 5NM OFFSHORE TO US/CANADIAN BORDER RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS OH BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE TO US/CANADIAN BORDER THE ISLANDS TO VERMILION OH BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE TO US/CANADIAN BORDER VERMILION TO AVON POINT OH BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE TO US/CANADIAN BORDER MICHIGAN WATERS OF LAKE ERIE FROM DETROIT RIVER TO NORTH CAPE MI ATTN...WFO...ILX...DTX...CLE...IWX...ILN...IND... Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes Likelihood Moderate Moderate Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind High Moderate Severe Hail 2"+ Hail High Moderate Note: The Aviation Watch (SAW) product is an approximation to the watch area. The actual watch is depicted by the shaded areas. SAW3 WW 143 TORNADO IL IN MI OH LE 071930Z - 080300Z AXIS..90 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF LINE.. 10WSW MTO/MATTOON IL/ - 50NNE MFD/MANSFIELD OH/ ..AVIATION COORDS.. 80NM N/S /27SE DEC - 14WNW CLE/ HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..2 INCHES. WIND GUSTS..60 KNOTS. MAX TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25040. LAT...LON 40728844 42798215 40188215 38118844 THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION TO THE WATCH AREA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE WOUS64 KWNS FOR WOU3. Watch 143 Status Report Message has not been issued yet. |