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WWUS20 KWNS 231548
SEL0  
SPC WW 231545
ILZ000-INZ000-KYZ000-MOZ000-232100-


TRNDO WTCH 260
NWS SPC 
1045A SUN MAY 23 2004

THE NWS SPC HAS ISSUED A
TRNDO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 

       S IL
       S IN
       NW KY
       EXTREME SE MO

EFFCTVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING ANDP FROM 1045A UNTL 400
PM.

TRNDOES HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER STRM WIND
GUSTS TO 70 MPH AND DNGRS LIGHTNING ARE PSBL IN THESE
AREAS.

THE TRNDO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MI NORTH AND
S OF A LN FROM 20 MI WEST NW OF MOUNT VERNON
IL TO 60 MI NORTH NE OF LOUISVILLE KY.

REMEMBER A TRNDO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TRNDOES AND SVR STRMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WX CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STMENTS AND PSBL
WARNINGS.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION CNTINU WW 259 

DISCUSSION LN OF STRNG STRMS FROM EXTREME E C
IL INTO SERN MO CNTINUS TO INCRS IN INTENSITY.  ACTIVITY IS
MVNG INTO DESTABILIZING AIR MASS WHERE MOST UNSTBL CAPE IS
BTWN 2000 AND 2500 J/KG.  INITIAL THREAT IS EXP TO BE LRG
HAIL AND DMGG WINDS BUT AS MID/UPPER LEVEL JET EXIT REGION
MVNG INTO AREA SHEAR WILL BECOME BETTER DEFINED INCREASING TRNDO
THREAT.

AVIATION TRNDOES AND A FEW SVR STRMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STRM MOTION VECTOR 24035.


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