UPDATE
NWS extends Tornado Watch to add:
BOONE
CLINTON
FOUNTAIN
MONTGOMERY
VERMILLION
counties until 9p
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Tornado Watch for portions of
Central Illinois
West-central Indiana
INDIANA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE BENTON CARROLL CASS FULTON HOWARD JASPER MIAMI NEWTON PULASKI TIPPECANOE WARREN WHITE
* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 245 PM until
800 PM CDT.
* Primary threats include…
A couple tornadoes possible
Scattered large hail likely with isolated very large hail events
to 2 inches in diameter possible
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
SUMMARY…A cluster of intense thunderstorms over central Illinois
will track eastward across the watch area this afternoon, posing a
risk of large hail, damaging winds, and a few tornadoes.