Severe Weather - August 2009

[Dave]

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
430 PM CDT WED AUG 19 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN DE WITT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
EASTERN MACON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN MCLEAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN MOULTRIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
PIATT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
EXTREME NORTHERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHWESTERN COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT.

* AT 430 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES EAST OF LE ROY TO 5
MILES EAST OF BEMENT TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BETHANY...AND WAS
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WHITE HEATH...
LOVINGTON...
MANSFIELD...
SEYMOUR...
ATWOOD...
MAHOMET...
ARTHUR...
TOLONO...

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THIS WARNING INCLUDE...ARCOLA...ARGENTA...
BROADLANDS...CAMARGO...CERRO GORDO...CHAMPAIGN...DALTON CITY...DE
LAND...FARMER CITY...FISHER...GIFFORD...HAMMOND...HINDSBORO...LAKE OF
THE WOODS...NEWMAN...PESOTUM...PHILO...RANTOUL...SAVOY...SIDNEY...ST.
JOSEPH...THOMASBORO...TUSCOLA...URBANA...VILLA GROVE AND WELDON.

[Dave]

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
437 PM CDT WED AUG 19 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTH CENTRAL FORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHWESTERN IROQUOIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
EXTREME EAST CENTRAL LA SALLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
GRUNDY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
KANKAKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN KENDALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
WILL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT...

* AT 431 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR
SENECA TO 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MORRIS...TO NEAR CULLOM.

THIS LINE IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND IS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
MORRIS...AND GARDNER BY 450 PM CDT...
HERSCHER...DIAMOND...COAL CITY...AND BRACEVILLE BY 455 PM CDT...
CLIFTON...AND BRAIDWOOD BY 505 PM CDT...
WILMINGTON...AND MINOOKA BY 515 PM CDT...
JOLIET BY 520 PM CDT...

[Dave]

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
438 PM CDT WED AUG 19 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN CLAYTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA...
EASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 436 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM SPOTTERS INDICATED A
TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTH OF COUNTY ROADS 3 AND W 33...OR 6 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF OELWEIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. A TORNADO WAS
REPORTED ON THE GROUND SOUTH OF STANLEY.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MAYNARD AROUND 500 PM...
HIGHWAYS 3 AND 187 AND JOY SPRINGS COUNTY PARK AROUND 515 PM...
ARLINGTON AROUND 525 PM...
WEST UNION AND VOLGA AROUND 530 PM...

IF STORMS APPROACH YOU IN FAYETTE COUNTY...SEEK SHELTER. MANY STORMS
HAVE PRODUCED TORNADOES TODAY. SEEK SHELTER!

[Dave]

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
443 PM CDT WED AUG 19 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN ST. CROIX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
WESTERN DUNN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
NORTHEASTERN PIERCE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 443 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS NEAR MARTEL...OR
OVER MARTEL...AND MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
SPRING VALLEY...
HAMMOND...
BALDWIN...
WOODVILLE...
HERSEY...
WILSON...
KNAPP...

[Dave]

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 715
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
450 PM CDT WED AUG 19 2009

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

EASTERN IOWA
NORTHWEST ILLINOIS
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
WESTERN WISCONSIN

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FROM 450 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 85 MILES NORTH OF EAU CLAIRE
WISCONSIN TO 5 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF MOLINE ILLINOIS. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

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 713...WW 714...

DISCUSSION...MID LVL VORT AND ASSOCIATED SEASONABLY STRONG WIND
FIELD...ALONG WITH MOIST SELY LOW LVL FLOW AND MODEST SFC HEATING IN
NARROW ZONE OF CLEARING...WILL MAINTAIN SETUP FAVORABLE FOR
RELATIVELY LOW-TOPPED TSTMS WITH ENHANCED LOW LVL ROTATION. THIS
SETUP MAY PERSIST FOR A FEW MORE HOURS AS THE VORT CONTINUES
NNEWD...AND YIELD A CONTINUING CHANCE FOR A FEW TORNADOES.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21035.


...CORFIDI

[Dave]

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
456 PM CDT WED AUG 19 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN EDGAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT.

* AT 456 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM RANTOUL TO 4 MILES NORTH OF ST.
JOSEPH TO 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOMER TO 2 MILES WEST OF TUSCOLA...
OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM RANTOUL TO 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
RANTOUL TO 14 MILES EAST OF CHAMPAIGN TO 2 MILES WEST OF TUSCOLA...
AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HINDSBORO...
FITHIAN...
FAIRMOUNT...
CAMARGO...
BROADLANDS...
OAKWOOD...
ALLERTON...
RANKIN...

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THIS WARNING INCLUDE...ARCOLA...BROCTON...
CATLIN...CHRISMAN...DANVILLE...GEORGETOWN...GIFFORD...HOOPESTON...
HUME...NEWMAN...OGDEN...POTOMAC...RIDGE FARM...ROSSVILLE...SIDELL...
SIDNEY...TILTON...VILLA GROVE AND WESTVILLE.

[Dave]

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1923
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0436 PM CDT WED AUG 19 2009

AREAS AFFECTED...CNTRL AND NRN IND...NW OH

CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH LIKELY

VALID 192136Z - 192300Z

THE SEVERE THREAT WILL LIKELY INCREASE ACROSS NRN AND CNTRL IND OVER
THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS A LINEAR MCS MOVES INTO THE AREA FROM THE
WEST. WIND DAMAGE AND HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE AND A NEW WW WILL LIKELY
BE NEEDED EAST OF TORNADO WATCH 713.

LATEST SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS A QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING ESEWD
FROM SRN IA INTO CNTRL IL AND CNTRL IND. SFC DEWPOINTS GRADUALLY
INCREASE WITH EWD EXTEND INTO ERN IL AND CNTRL IND WHERE RUC
ANALYSIS SUGGESTS AN AXIS OF MODERATE TO STRONG INSTABILITY IS
PRESENT. THIS COMBINED WITH LARGE-SCALE ASCENT ASSOCIATED WITH A
SHORTWAVE TROUGH EVIDENT ON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY WILL SUPPORT THE
LINEAR MCS EWD ACROSS MUCH OF IND THIS EVENING. THE LATEST WSR-88D
VWP IN INDIANAPOLIS SHOWS 25 KT OF FLOW AT 1 KM WHICH COMBINED WITH
0-3 KM LAPSE RATE OF 7.5 C/KM SHOULD BE FAVORABLE FOR WIND DAMAGE.
AN ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT ALONG WITH HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AS
WELL.

..BROYLES.. 08/19/2009


ATTN...WFO...ILN...IWX...IND...LOT...

[Dave]

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
606 PM EDT WED AUG 19 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
DARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT.

* AT 606 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HOLLANSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GREENVILLE...
ANSONIA...

IN ADDITION...PALESTINE...SHARPEYE...WAYNE LAKES...SHARPS CROSSING...
ABBOTTSVILLE...STATE ROUTE 47 AT US ROUTE 127...PIKEVILLE AND UNION
CORNERS ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM.

[CrazyC83]

Downtown Minneapolis appeared to be hit by one of the tornadoes.

[Dave]

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
513 PM CDT WED AUG 19 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN BOND COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
WEST CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 512 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MULBERRY GROVE...OR 7 MILES EAST OF
GREENVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MULBERRY GROVE...
SHOBONIER...
PITTSBURG...
HAGERSTOWN...
SHAFTER...

[Dave]

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
513 PM CDT WED AUG 19 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...
WESTERN BARRON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...
NORTHEASTERN ST. CROIX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
NORTHWESTERN DUNN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 513 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS NEAR FOREST...OR
OVER FOREST...AND MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
CONNORSVILLE...
CLEAR LAKE...
RIDGELAND...
PRAIRIE FARM...
RANGE...
TURTLE LAKE...
HILLSDALE...
BARRON...
COMSTOCK...
CUMBERLAND...
MCKINLEY...
BARRONETT...

[Dave]

This Watch has me in it also.



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 716
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
615 PM EDT WED AUG 19 2009

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
MUCH OF INDIANA
FAR NORTHERN KENTUCKY
SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN
WESTERN OHIO
LAKE MICHIGAN

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 615 PM
UNTIL 100 AM EDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
DANVILLE ILLINOIS TO 60 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF DAYTON OHIO.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

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 713...WW 714...WW 715...

DISCUSSION...ISOLD TSTMS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FORMING INVOF DIFFUSE
W-E WARM FRONT NEAR I-70 IN CNTRL IL/IND/OH...WHILE BAND OF
STORMS/SUPERCELLS ASSOCIATED WITH CNTRL IL MCS CONTINUES ENEWD.
AMPLE DEEP SHEAR EXPECTED TO PERSIST FOR ADDITIONAL ROTATING
STORMS...WITH WIND FIELD POSSIBLY INCREASING SLIGHTLY AS REGION IS
GLANCED BY BAND OF STRONGER FLOW SWEEPING NEWD AROUND BASE OF LARGER
SCALE UPR TROUGH IN MN. MOIST LOW LVL ENVIRONMENT AND S-SELY LOW
LVL FLOW MAY SUFFICIENTLY ENHANCE LOW LVL STORM ROTATION TO POSE A
THREAT FOR TORNADOES.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22030.


...CORFIDI

[Dave]

Going to the office...will try to check in later.