[IWX_warnings] SEL3

[Severe weather warnings from NWS IWX.]

WWUS20 KWNS 161916
SEL3  
SPC WW 161916
ILZ000-INZ000-MOZ000-170200-


TRNDO WTCH 33
NWS SPC 
115P THU FEB 16 2006

THE NWS SPC HAS ISSUED A
TRNDO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 

       S AND C IL
       PART OF NW IN
       S AND E MO

EFFCTVE THIS THURSDAYP AND EVE FROM 115P UNTL
800P.

TRNDOES HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER STRM WIND
GUSTS TO 80 MPH AND DNGRS LIGHTNING ARE PSBL IN THESE
AREAS.

THE TRNDO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 95 STATUTE MI
NORTH AND S OF A LN FROM 35 MI NE OF DANVILLE
IL TO 30 MI WEST NW OF FLIPPIN AR.  FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLN
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

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.

DISCUSSION VERY STRNG SHEAR PROFILES ACRS AREA AHEAD OF
VIGOROUS S/WV TROUGH.  SFCNT INSTABILITY IN ADVANCE OF COLD
FRONT MVNG ACRS NRN IL INTO SWRN MO TO SUPPORT SUPERCELLS AS
STRMS DVLP ALONG AND AHEAD OF FRONT. IN ADDITION TO INCREASING
DMGG WIND THREAT AS STRMS EVOLVE INTO BOWS AND SHORT
LNS TRNDOES WILL BE PSBL.

AVIATION TRNDOES AND A FEW SVR STRMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
450. MEAN STRM MOTION VECTOR 24045.


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