Tornado Watch 219

Issued

Apr 26, 2011, 4:50 PM CDT (21:50 UTC)

Expired

Apr 26, 2011, 10:00 PM CDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

2 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Two or more tornadoes

50%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

20%

Ten or more severe wind reports

50%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

30%

Ten or more severe hail reports

70%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

30%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

90%

• Mesoscale Discussion 598Apr 26, 4:38 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 605Apr 26, 7:33 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 607Apr 26, 8:35 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 610Apr 26, 9:13 PM CDT

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SPC WW 262149
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 219
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
450 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

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

       PARTS OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
       MUCH OF SOUTHERN INDIANA
       PARTS OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 450 PM UNTIL
1000 PM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 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 75 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF
BLOOMINGTON INDIANA TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EVANSVILLE INDIANA.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).

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.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 213...WW 214...WW
215...WW 216...WW 217...WW 218...

DISCUSSION...DEVELOPING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WRN KY WILL CONTINUE
RAPIDLY NEWD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.  WITH STRONG VEERING SHEAR
PROFILES AND MDT INSTABILITY...SUPERCELLS INCLUDING LARGE HAIL AND
POSSIBLE TORNADOS WILL DEVELOP NEWD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23035.


...HALES

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.