URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 335 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 355 PM CDT MON JUN 22 2015 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN IOWA PARTS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS FAR NORTHEAST MISSOURI * EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 355 PM UNTIL 1100 PM CDT. * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE... A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST IOWA VICINITY OVER THE NEXT 1-2 HOURS...WHILE STORMS ONGOING FARTHER EAST INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS ALSO INTENSIFY. RISK FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL WILL EXIST WITH THE DEVELOPING STORMS...ALONG WITH POTENTIAL FOR A COUPLE OF TORNADOES. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF KNOXVILLE IOWA TO 35 MILES EAST OF BLOOMINGTON ILLINOIS. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5). 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 333...WW 334... AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.
IOWA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE APPANOOSE BENTON CEDAR CLINTON DAVIS DES MOINES HENRY IOWA JASPER JEFFERSON JOHNSON JONES KEOKUK LEE LINN LOUISA LUCAS MAHASKA MARION MARSHALL MONROE MUSCATINE POWESHIEK SCOTT TAMA VAN BUREN WAPELLO WASHINGTON WAYNE IL . ILLINOIS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE BUREAU CARROLL CASS CHAMPAIGN COLES DE KALB DE WITT DOUGLAS FORD FULTON GRUNDY HANrooster HENDERSON HENRY KANE KENDALL KNOX LA SALLE LEE LIVINGSTON LOGAN MACON MARSHALL MASON MCDONOUGH MCLEAN MENARD MERCER MOULTRIE OGLE PEORIA PIATT PUTNAM ROCK ISLAND SCHUYLER STARK TAZEWELL WARREN WHITESIDE WOODFORD MO . MISSOURI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE CLARK SCOTLAND
so when is the next time you are seeing your mom then?
A tornado watch only means that there's the potential for the conditions that might make a tornado. They're normally issues to very large areas, up to around 25,000 square miles. They're not much to worry about.
winter is coming
This is the best thread I've seen in weeks.Too bad op died in storm ..rip
I'm still alive. But we're getting hammered again.
you walked right into this brick wallBy the storm or by your dad
Illinois got hammered today. I think there were (8) tornado warnings?
Is your mom hot
Did you stand outside