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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 514
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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 514
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   310 PM CDT MON JUN 19 2006
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
          PARTS OF WESTERN INDIANA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 310 PM UNTIL
   1000 PM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 100
   STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST
   OF TERRE HAUTE INDIANA TO 20 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON
   ILLINOIS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
   
   REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
   FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY
   DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.
   
   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 509...WW 510...WW
   511...WW 512...WW 513...
   
   DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING ACROSS CENTRAL IL AHEAD OF
   WELL DEFINED VORT MAX MOVING SEWD ACROSS NRN IL.  STEEP LAPSE RATES
   AND 40 KT OF SHEAR SUPPORT DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL GIVEN THE
   AVAILABLE MDT/STG INSTABILITY
   
   AVIATION...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 30030.
   
   
   ...HALES
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