From the National Weather Service this morning:
ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-111000-
JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON-
WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE-
HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH-
WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-
LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL-
UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN-
MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER-
RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-
502 AM CDT MON AUG 10 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI.
AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY JUST NORTHWEST OF THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING
IS EXPECTED TO PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS BY MID DAY. THE STORMS
WILL THEN SPREAD EASTWARD INTO SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND POSSIBLY
WEST KENTUCKY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY
INTENSIFY TO SEVERE LEVELS AND PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...AND MAYBE
EVEN SOME LARGE HAIL. HOWEVER...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE
PRIMARY CONCERN WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. THE STORMS MAY
LINGER INTO THE EVENING HOURS...BUT THE SEVERE POTENTIAL WILL
SUBSIDE WITH SUNSET.
HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL REACH THE 100 DEGREE MARK BY NOON OVER
MUCH OF THE AREA. PLEASE REFER TO THE SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
FOR MORE INFORMATION.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TUESDAY...AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH
THE REGION. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BRIEFLY APPROACH SEVERE
LEVELS...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.
HOWEVER...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONCERN. THE
STORMS WILL COME TO AN END FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST LATE
TUESDAY AND TUESDAY EVENING.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED POSSIBLY AS EARLY AS NOON
TODAY OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...AND LATER
THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE EVANSVILLE TRI STATE.
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THROUGHOUT THE AREA ON
TUESDAY...PRIMARILY IN THE AFTERNOON.
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