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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 6
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
735 AM CST MON JAN 2 2006

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

       EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
       WEST CENTRAL INDIANA

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING FROM 735 AM UNTIL NOON CST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 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 60 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH OF SALEM ILLINOIS TO
35 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE INDIANA.  FOR A COMPLETE
DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

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 3...WW 4...WW 5...

DISCUSSION...BROKEN LINE OF STORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING STEADILY
NEWD ACROSS WW INTO THE EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON.  VERY STEEP LAPSE
RATES AND EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR AROUND 40 KT WILL SUPPORT AT LEAST
ELEVATED SUPERCELLS WITH ISOLATED LARGE HAIL.  AS SURFACE HEATING
AND NOSE OF GREATER INSTABILITY AXIS EXTENDS NWD INTO ERN IL/WRN IND
LATER THIS MORNING...STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF BECOMING SURFACE
BASED WITH INCREASED THREATS OF DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23035.


...EVANS

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