Tornado Watch 219

Issued

Jun 4, 2014, 2:21 PM CDT (19:21 UTC)

Expired

Jun 4, 2014, 8:00 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

2 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Two or more tornadoes

40%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

20%

Ten or more severe wind reports

50%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

20%

Ten or more severe hail reports

40%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

30%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

80%

• Mesoscale Discussion 814Jun 4, 12:20 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 815Jun 4, 12:54 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 821Jun 4, 6:57 PM CDT

421 
WWUS20 KWNS 041924
SEL9  
SPC WW 041924
ILZ000-INZ000-KYZ000-MOZ000-050100-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 219
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
225 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2014

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
  SOUTHERN INDIANA
  WESTERN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 225 PM
  UNTIL 800 PM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2
    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 140 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF
SALEM ILLINOIS TO 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF PADUCAH KENTUCKY. 
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 218...

DISCUSSION...VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS EXPECTED TO FUEL INTENSE TSTM
DEVELOPMENT OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS ALONG AND AHEAD OF A FRONT
SETTLING GRADUALLY SOUTH TO THE OH RIVER. INITIAL ACTIVITY MAY BE
DISCRETE AND SUPERCELLULAR IN NATURE WITH A GOOD CHANCE FOR LARGE
HAIL AND PERHAPS A COUPLE OF TORNADOES. WITH INCREASING STORM
COVERAGE WILL COME THE CHANCE FOR CELL MERGERS AND UPSCALE
GROWTH...WITH THE EVENTUAL EVOLUTION INTO A FORWARD PROPAGATING MCS
ACROSS SRN-SCNTRL KY BY EVENING.

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 29025.


...CARBIN

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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.