Severe Weather Threat Tomorrow for Illinois and Indiana

RGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 44
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
330 PM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST IOWA
WESTERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS
NORTHEAST MISSOURI

* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 330 PM UNTIL
900 PM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
A FEW TORNADOES LIKELY WITH A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
WIDESPREAD LARGE HAIL EXPECTED WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL
EVENTS TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY RAPIDLY OVER
NORTHEAST MO AND TRACK NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR A FEW INTENSE
SUPERCELL STORMS CAPABLE OF VERY LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 95 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF
QUINCY ILLINOIS TO 20 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF MARSEILLES
ILLINOIS. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).

[link to www.spc.noaa.gov]

A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN WARREN AND NORTHEASTERN MCDONOUGH COUNTIES...

AT 648 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER LITTLE SWAN
LAKE...OR 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF MACOMB...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO.