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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 305 IN<br /> EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 4 COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS CALHOUN IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS ADAMS BROWN PIKE IN MISSOURI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 9 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MISSOURI AUDRAIN IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI LINCOLN IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI KNOX LEWIS MARION<br /> MONROE PIKE RALLS<br /> SHELBY

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 304 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS<br /> EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 15 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS CHRISTIAN DE WITT LOGAN<br /> MACON MCLEAN SANGAMON IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS CHAMPAIGN COLES DOUGLAS<br /> EDGAR MOULTRIE PIATT<br /> VERMILION IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS MORGAN SCOTT THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BLOOMINGTON, CHAMPAIGN, CHARLESTON,<br />

TORNADO WATCH 303 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR<br /> THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN IOWA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 12 COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA APPANOOSE CLARKE DECATUR<br /> LUCAS MONROE RINGGOLD<br /> UNION WAYNE IN SOUTHEAST IOWA DAVIS WAPELLO IN SOUTHWEST IOWA ADAMS TAYLOR THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALBIA, ALLERTON, BEDFORD, BLOOMFIELD,<br /> CENTERVILLE, CHARITON, CORNING, CORYDON, CRESTON, HUMESTON,<br />

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED TORNADO WATCH 303 TO<br /> INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING AREAS UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING IN IOWA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 1 COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA MAHASKA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF OSKALOOSA. * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE... A FEW TORNADOES LIKELY WITH A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES<br /> POSSIBLE.<br /> SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 75<br /> MPH LIKELY.<br /> SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 3<br /> INCHES IN DIAMETER LIKELY.

* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 229 and 230. * TIMING...For the first Red Flag Warning, until 8 PM MDT this<br /> evening. For the second Red Flag Warning, from 2 PM to 8 PM<br /> MDT Thursday. For the Fire Weather Watch, from Friday<br /> afternoon through Friday evening. * WINDS...South 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 7 percent. * IMPACTS...Fires will catch and spread quickly. Exercise<br /> extreme caution with any outdoor burning.<br /> A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions<br />

* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 220. * WINDS...West 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 8 percent. * IMPACTS...Elevated fire danger is expected. Fires will catch<br /> and spread rapidly and erratically.<br /> A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions<br /> are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible<br /> Red Flag Warnings.

* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 223 and 224. * TIMING...For the Red Flag Warning, until 8 PM MDT this<br /> evening. For the Fire Weather Watch, from Friday morning<br /> through Friday evening. * WINDS...West 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 8 percent. * IMPACTS...Elevated fire danger is expected. Fires will catch<br /> and spread rapidly and erratically.<br /> A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions<br /> are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of<br />

* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 222. * TIMING...For the first Red Flag Warning, until 8 PM MDT this<br /> evening. For the second Red Flag Warning, from 2 PM to 8 PM<br /> MDT Thursday. For the Fire Weather Watch, from Friday morning<br /> through Friday evening. * WINDS...West 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 7 percent. * IMPACTS...Elevated fire danger is expected. Fires will catch<br /> and spread rapidly and erratically.<br /> A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions<br />

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be<br /> possible. * WHERE...Portions of Illinois, including the following areas,<br /> Bureau, Hancock, Henderson, Henry IL, McDonough, Mercer, Putnam,<br /> Rock Island, Warren and Whiteside, Iowa, including the following<br /> areas, Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Henry IA, Iowa, Jefferson,<br /> Johnson, Keokuk, Lee, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott, Van Buren and<br /> Washington, and northeast Missouri, including the following areas,<br /> Clark and Scotland. * WHEN...Through Thursday morning.

* WHAT...West winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph possible. * WHERE...South Laramie Range including the Interstate 80 Summit<br /> between Cheyenne and Laramie, and Bordeaux area along Interstate<br /> 25 between Chugwater and Wheatland. * WHEN...Until 6 PM MDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Mainly to transportation. Strong cross winds will be<br /> hazardous to light weight or high profile vehicles, including<br /> campers and tractor trailers.<br /> A High Wind Watch means there is the potential for a hazardous high<br />