URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 394
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   155 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL ILLINOIS
          NORTHWEST INTO WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
          EAST-CENTRAL MISSOURI
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 155 PM UNTIL
   1000 PM 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 APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55 STATUTE
   MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES WEST OF JEFFERSON
   CITY MISSOURI TO 35 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE 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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
   WATCH NUMBER 393. WATCH NUMBER 393 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER
   155 PM CDT. 
   
   DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THIS REGION THROUGH
   THE EVENING AS STRONG SURFACE HEATING AND CONTINUED LOW LEVEL
   MOISTENING ERASE CAP.  AIR MASS WILL BE MODERATELY UNSTABLE WITH
   STRONG DEEP LAYER SHEAR SUPPORTING SUPERCELLS AND BOW ECHOES THROUGH
   THE EVENING.  ISOLATED TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL REMAIN
   POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS AS
   STORMS ORGANIZE INTO BOWING STRUCTURES THIS EVENING.
   
   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 26030.
   
   
   ...EVANS