URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 35
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
734 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2001

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

   SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
   SOUTHWEST INDIANA
   WESTERN KENTUCKY
   EXTREME SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 800 PM UNTIL
100 AM CST.

HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF PADUCAH
KENTUCKY TO 40 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF EVANSVILLE INDIANA.

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.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...  CONTINUE...WW 32...WW 33...WW 34...

DISCUSSION...LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK
EASTWARD ACROSS WATCH AREA THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.  VERY
STRONG ENVIRONMENTAL WINDS COUPLED WITH MARGINAL INSTABILITY
INDICATE THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN STRONGER STORMS.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 1 INCH EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS.
A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.  MEAN STORM MOTION
VECTOR 23040.

...HART

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