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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 164
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1250 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL ILLINOIS
          CENTRAL INDIANA
          PARTS OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY
          SMALL PART OF EASTERN MISSOURI
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1250 PM UNTIL
   800 PM CDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 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 65 STATUTE
   MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF
   SAINT LOUIS MISSOURI TO 35 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF MUNCIE
   INDIANA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
   
   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 162...WW 163...
   
   DISCUSSION...STRONG DEEP LAYER SHEAR AND MDT TO STRONG INSTABILITY
   SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WATCH AREA.
   SUPERCELLS ARE LIKELY WHICH WILL ENHANCE LARGE HAIL/DAMAGING WIND
   THREAT AS WELL AS TORNADO POTENTIAL
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.
   
   
   ...HALES