[LeArc] TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 791 (Macomb inc.)

[Duane Whittingham]

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 791
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
335 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

FAR EASTERN IOWA
NORTHERN ILLINOIS
LAKE MICHIGAN

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 335 PM UNTIL
1100 PM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 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 85 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROCKFORD
ILLINOIS TO 25 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF PEORIA ILLINOIS.  FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).

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.

DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT...IN THE FORM OF SMALL
SUPERCELLS...WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE NWD INTO WW THIS EVENING AS
AIR MASS HEATS/DESTABILIZES.  VERY STRONG SHEAR WILL REMAIN
FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES WITH THE MORE PERSISTENT CIRCULATIONS.
ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS AND/OR HAIL WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS
ACTIVITY.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 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
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.


...EVANS


WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION FOR WATCH 791
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
339 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006

IAC045-097-163-ILC011-015-067-071-073-085-109-131-155-161-177-187-
195-230400-
/O.EXT.KDVN.TO.A.0791.060922T2039Z-060923T0400Z/

TORNADO WATCH 791 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE
FOLLOWING AREAS

IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 13 COUNTIES

IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

BUREAU                PUTNAM

IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS

CARROLL               HENRY IL              JO DAVIESS
MERCER                ROCK ISLAND           STEPHENSON
WHITESIDE

IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

HANCOCK               HENDERSON             MCDONOUGH
WARREN

IN IOWA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES

IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA

CLINTON               JACKSON               SCOTT

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ALEDO...BETTENDORF...CARTHAGE...
CLINTON...DAVENPORT...FREEPORT...GALENA...HENNEPIN...KEWANEE...
MACOMB...MAQUOKETA...MOLINE...MONMOUTH...MOUNT CARROLL...
OQUAWKA...PRINCETON...ROCK FALLS...ROCK ISLAND AND STERLING.

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Duane Whittingham - N9SSN
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