[LeArc] Weather Watch : 8@ 4/18/02 8:17:16 PM

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The following weather message is provided by McDonough County E.S.D.A.


WWUS20 KWNS 190118
SEL8  
SPC WW 190113
IAZ000-ILZ000-MOZ000-190600-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 118
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
813 PM CDT THU APR 18 2002

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

SOUTHEAST IOWA                               
NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI                           
EXTREME NORTHWEST ILLINOIS

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 830 PM UNTIL
100 AM CDT.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 60
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 65 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTH OF SPICKARD MISSOURI TO
10 MILES NORTHEAST OF DUBUQUE IOWA.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR 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.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...  CONTINUE...WW 112...WW 113...WW
114...WW 116...WW 117...

DISCUSSION...A FEW SEVERE STORMS WILL LIKELY PERSIST FOR THE NEXT
SEVERAL HOURS ALONG THE REMNANT DRYLINE FROM NRN MO TO SE IA...WITH
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN SEVERE THREATS.  LATER
TONIGHT...EXPECT THE SEVERE THREAT TO DIMINISH AS STORMS APPROACH
THE MS RIVER AND MOVE E OF THE INSTABILITY AXIS.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 50
KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.  MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 27025.


...THOMPSON

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