June 19, 2025

Storm Prediction Center Tornado Watch 432

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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Tornado Watch Number 432
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   945 AM CDT Wed Jun 18 2025

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Tornado Watch for portions of 
     Central and Southern Illinois
     Eastern Missouri

   * Effective this Wednesday morning and afternoon from 945 AM
     until 400 PM CDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     A couple tornadoes possible
     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
     Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
       inches in diameter possible

   SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are expected to rapidly develop over eastern
   Missouri and western Illinois this morning, tracking northeastward
   across the watch area.  Large hail and damaging winds are possible,
   along with an increasing risk of a few tornadoes with time.

   The tornado watch area is approximately along and 80 statute miles
   east and west of a line from 50 miles north northeast of Peoria IL
   to 30 miles south of Carbondale IL. For a complete depiction of the
   watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

   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.

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   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 24035.

   ...Hart

2025-06-18 17:16:03