BELOW: Cirrus, altostratus & altocumulus will mix in with the sunshine Sunday
(Blue is cirrus & green is altostratus & altocumulus)

BELOW: Radar at 1 AM Monday

BELOW: Monday 7 AM – Steady Rains

BELOW: Monday 1 PM

BELOW: Monday 7 PM – BREAK with warming temperatures & SEVERE T’STORMS (MAINLY HAIL) Missouri & southern Illinois with SUPERCELLS & possible TORNADOES Kentucky to Alabama, Tennessee & Mississippi at this time.  After morning/early afternoon rains, very cold temperatures aloft & low freezing levels will support a large hail threat south of I-70 in the evening hours.  After a clammy day, it will feel more like spring in the evening with temperatures of 57-65 & storms around.

BELOW: Tuesday 1 AM – Tornadic SUPERCELLS Kentucky to Alabama will be gelling into a squall line by this time with hailing t’storms SOUTH OF I-70 winding down as cold core low progresses eastward

BELOW: Tuesday 7 PM

BELOW: Rainfall Totals From 2 Waves of Rain Monday-Tuesday

BELOW:  Cool/rainy Monday…BREAK…..warmer evening with t’storms arriving

SEVERE REPORTS AS OF 5:50 P.M. EASTERN (From NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center)

DAMAGE CORE #1:
POWER POLES SNAPPED IN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, IL, 70 MPH GUSTS ACROSS VERMILION COUNTY, TRAILER OVERTURNED, NUMEROUS TREES & POWER LINES DOWN IN VERMILION & NORTHWEST WARREN COUNTIES.

DAMAGE CORE #2:
MOBILE HOME DESTROYED AND MODERATE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE SEVERAL HOUSES 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAWRENCEVILLE, IL. SEVERAL BARNS DAMAGED AND TREES DOWN. DAMAGE EXTENDED FROM JUST NORTHEAST OF LAWRENCEVILLE AIRPORT TO SOUTH OF RUSSELVILLE. 1″ HAIL NEAR WAYNE/CLAY CO. LINE, 0.88″-1″ HAIL NORTH OF LAWRENCEVILLE. ROTATION SPOTTED IN MIDDLE OF FIELD. DAMAGE REPORTED NORTH OF ROTATION NEAR WAYNE/CLAY CO. LINE. CLOUD WAS BLACK AND ROTATING AT GROUND LEVEL AND MOVING EAST. 2 HOMES DAMAGED…1 WAS A BRICK HOME WITH ROOF COMPLETELY GONE, 2 FARM SHEDS DAMAGED & NUMEROUS TREES UPROOTED 6 MILES SOUTH OF CLAY CITY, IL. POWER POLES SNAPPED & TORNADO TOUCHDOWN REPORTED SOUTHWEST OF PARKERSBURG, IL (RICHLAND COUNTY). FARM HOUSE, SHOP & GRAIN BINS EITHER HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED NEAR FREELANDVILLE. PORCH WAS RIPPED OFF HOME & METAL DEBRIS SCATTERED OVER 1 MILE NEAR FREELANDVILLE. STATE HIGHWAY 58 CLOSED FOR A WHILE DUE TO DEBRI IN ROAD. TORNADO REPORTED ON THE GROUND AT OAKTOWN, ALSO 2 MILES SOUTH OF ODON, 8 MILES NORTH OF LOOGOOTEE & 3 MILES WEST OF BEDFORD. 91 MPH WIND GUST MEASURED AT LAWRENCEVILLE-VINCENNES AIRPORT….83 MPH GUST MEASURED 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ODON. TRAILER DESTROYED, TREES & POWER LINES DOWN, BARN UNROOFED, 2 HOMES HEAVILY DAMAGED, 1 INJURED & FARM SHED HEAVILY DAMAGED WITH ITS DEBRI BLOWN ONTO U.S. 231 SOUTHEAST OF ODON. CARS/CAMPER HEAVILY DAMAGED AT RESIDENCE SOUTHEAST OF ODON, IN ADDITION TO CHURCH BEING DAMAGED. PATH OF DAMAGE ACROSS LAWRENCE COUNTY, INDIANA. 1 INJURY IN WESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY WITH BUS THROWN INTO A RESIDENCE.

3:08

Severe weather rocks the area.
Here are the facts:
0300 PM TORNADO S OAKTOWN 38.87N 87.44W
03/08/2009 KNOX IN FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

NEAR US 41
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
254 PM EDT SUN MAR 08 2009

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0250 PM HAIL VINCENNES 38.68N 87.51W
03/08/2009 E0.50 INCH KNOX IN CO-OP OBSERVER

ALSO WIND GUSTS TO 46 MPH.

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0300 PM TORNADO S OAKTOWN 38.87N 87.44W
03/08/2009 KNOX IN FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

NEAR US 41
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0312 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 8 N LOOGOOTEE 38.79N 86.91W
03/08/2009 MARTIN IN TRAINED SPOTTER

SPOTTER LOOKING TOWARDS WEST

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0312 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 8 N LOOGOOTEE 38.79N 86.91W
03/08/2009 MARTIN IN TRAINED SPOTTER

SPOTTER LOOKING TOWARDS WEST

POTENTIAL WIND GUSTS FROM SQUALL LINE (See Graphic Above)

Broken squall line will sweep through today just ahead of cold front with damaging wind, hail & isolated tornado threat. The threat will be over by 6 p.m. Eastern Time. Due to its lack of solidity, not everyone will see severe weather, but there will be swaths of wind, some hail cores & an isolated tornado cannot be ruled out.

Another severe threat will exist Tuesday afternoon/evening after a morning complex of rain & t’storms.