URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 68
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
450 PM CDT Mon Apr 1 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of 
  Central Illinois
  Eastern Missouri

* Effective this Monday afternoon from 450 PM until Midnight CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  A few tornadoes and a couple intense tornadoes possible
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5
    inches in diameter likely
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will intensify this afternoon and evening,
building eastward along a boundary across central Missouri/Illinois.
 Supercells capable of large hail, damaging winds, and a few
tornadoes are possible.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 50 statute miles
north and south of a line from 40 miles southwest of Jefferson City
MO to 35 miles south of Danville IL. For a complete depiction of the
watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 64...WW 65...WW 66...WW
67...

AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
surface and aloft to 2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean
storm motion vector 25030.

...Hart