WW 432 TORNADO IL MO 181445Z – 182100Z
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