ALERT 1 - Tornado Watch 
ALERT 1 - Tornado Watch
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 4:00AM CDT
Issue Time: 10:04PM CDT, Sunday May 22, 2011
Valid Until: 4:00AM CDT, Monday May 23, 2011
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THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 4:00AM CDT
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Urgent - Immediate Broadcast Requested
Tornado Watch Number 334
Nws Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
825 PM CDT Sun May 22 2011
The Nws Storm Prediction Center Has Issued A
Tornado Watch For Portions Of
Central And Southwest Illinois
Eastern And Southern Missouri
Effective This Sunday Night And Monday Morning From 825 PM Until
400 AM 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 75 Statute
Miles East And West Of A Line From 30 Miles North Of Champaign
Illinois To 45 Miles West Southwest Of West Plains Missouri. 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 323... Ww 325... Ww
326... Ww 327... Ww 329... Ww 330... Ww 332... Ww 333...
Discussion... Earlier Supercells Are Now Merging Into Two Mcs/S... One
Near Stl... And Another Along The Sw MO/Nw Ar Border. Moderate
Instability Is Still Present In A Corridor In Advance Of This
Convection... W Of A More Stable Air Mass Over Srn IL/Wrn Ky. Given
The Organized Convective Structures... Including Bows And
Supercells... And Sufficient Low-Level And Deep-Layer Shear To
Maintain These Storm Types... A Risk For Tornadoes... Damaging
Winds... And Large Hail Will Persist. The More Persistent Tornado
Threat Is Expected Across Srn MO Invof Of A Retreating Outflow
Boundary Near The MO/Ar Border.
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
550. Mean Storm Motion Vector 28035.
... Thompson
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