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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 305
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   855 PM CDT WED MAY 26 2004
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
          SOUTHWEST INDIANA
          WESTERN KENTUCKY
          EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 855 PM
   UNTIL 200 AM 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 ALONG AND 45 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
   SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 120 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF CAPE GIRARDEAU
   MISSOURI TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF OWENSBORO KENTUCKY.
   
   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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
   WATCH NUMBER 294...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 296. WATCH
   NUMBER 294 296 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 855 PM CDT.
   CONTINUE...WW 297...WW 298...WW 299...WW 300...WW 301...WW
   302...WW 303...WW 304...
   
   DISCUSSION...CLUSTER OF STRONG/SEVERE STORMS OVER SOUTHERN IL WILL
   CONTINUE TO TRACK SOUTHEASTWARD FOR ANOTHER FEW HOURS INTO SOUTHWEST
   IND AND WESTERN KY.  OTHER STORMS ARE INCREASING ALONG THE KS/MO
   BORDER AND MAY SPREAD INTO WATCH AREA LATER TONIGHT.  STRONG LOW
   LEVEL WARM ADVECTION NEAR SURFACE WARM FRONT...COUPLED WITH MODERATE
   INSTABILITY...WILL PROMOTE SUPERCELL STORMS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL
   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 28035.
   
   
   ...HART