[IWX_warnings] SEL6

[Severe weather warnings from NWS IWX.]

WWUS20 KWNS 162313
SEL6  
SPC WW 162313
ARZ000-ILZ000-INZ000-KYZ000-MOZ000-MSZ000-TNZ000-170700-


TRNDO WTCH 36
NWS SPC 
515P THU FEB 16 2006

THE NWS SPC HAS ISSUED A
TRNDO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 

       NE AR
       EXTREME SE IL
       EXTREME S IN
       W KY
       THE MO BOOTHEEL
       EXTREME NW MS
       NW TN

EFFCTVE THIS THURSDAYP AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 515 PM
UNTL 100A.

TRNDOES HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER STRM WIND
GUSTS TO 70 MPH AND DNGRS LIGHTNING ARE PSBL IN THESE
AREAS.

THE TRNDO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MI
E AND WEST OF A LN FROM 15 MI E SE OF PINE BLUFF
AR TO 45 MI NE OF EVANSVILLE IN.  FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLN
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

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 33 WW 34 WW 35 

DISCUSSION BROKEN LN OF SVR STRMS WILL CNTINU EWD IN
ASSOCIATION WITH A STRNG COLD FRONT.  THOUGH INSTABILITY IS
SOMEWHAT MARGINAL E OF THE ONGOING STRMS VERTICAL SHEAR IS
QUITE STRNG AND FAVORABLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF A FEW DISCRETE
SUPERCELLS WITHIN THE LRGR LN OF STRMS.  GIVEN THE DEGREE OF
LOW-LEVEL SHEAR A COUPLE OF TRNDOES WILL BE PSBL WITH THE
MORE INTENSE STRMS.  OTHERWISE LRG HAIL AND DMGG WINDS CAN
BE EXP TO CNTINU INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

AVIATION TRNDOES AND A FEW SVR STRMS 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
450. MEAN STRM MOTION VECTOR 27035.


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