[IWX_warnings] SEL8

[Severe weather warnings from NWS IWX.]

WWUS20 KWNS 312047
SEL8  
SPC WW 312047
ILZ000-INZ000-KYZ000-MOZ000-010300-


TRNDO WTCH 118
NWS SPC 
245P FRI MAR 31 2006

THE NWS SPC HAS ISSUED A
TRNDO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 

       S AND E IL
       C AND S IN
       W KY
       SE MO

EFFCTVE THIS FRIDAYP AND EVE FROM 245P UNTL 900
PM.

TRNDOES HAIL TO 2 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 80 STATUTE MI
E AND WEST OF A LN FROM 30 MI WEST NW OF MUNCIE
IN TO 50 MI E SE OF POPLAR BLUFF MO.  FOR
A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLN
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

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 117 

DISCUSSION LRG SCALE ASCENT WITH MID/UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL
CNTINU TO SPREAD EWD ATOP AXIS OF INCREASING INSTABILITY ALONG/E
OF SURFACE TROUGH AND COLD FRONT.  STRNG DEEP LAYER SHEAR COMBINED
WITH MODERATE INSTABILITY WILL SUPPORT LN SEGMENTS AND SUPERCELLS
CAPBL OF PRDCNG LRG HAIL AND DMGG WINDS.  STRNG
LOW-LEVEL SHEAR WILL ALSO SUPPORT A TRNDO THREAT.

AVIATION TRNDOES AND A FEW SVR STRMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450.
MEAN STRM MOTION VECTOR 27040.


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