[LeArc] Weather Watch : 6@ 4/19/02 2:09:31 PM

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


WWUS20 KWNS 191909
SEL6  
SPC WW 191903
ILZ000-INZ000-KYZ000-MOZ000-200100-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 126
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
203 PM CDT FRI APR 19 2002

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

   SOUTHERN ILLINOIS                           
   SOUTHERN INDIANA                            
   WESTERN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY                           
   SOUTHEAST MISSOURI                           

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 215 PM UNTIL 800
PM CDT.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF POPLAR BLUFF
MISSOURI TO 70 MILES NORTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY.

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...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 124.  WATCH NUMBER 124 WILL NOT BE
IN EFFECT AFTER 215 PM CDT.  CONTINUE...WW 125...

DISCUSSION...CONVECTION SHOULD CONTINUE INCREASING WITHIN
MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR MASS OVER SERN MO AND WRN KY.  INTENSE
SUPERCELL MAY LIKEWISE SHIFT SEWD AND PERSIST FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR
SO AS IT APPROACHES WRN KY.  OTHER ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL CONTINUE TO BRIEFLY DEVELOP AHEAD OF SLOWER MOVING CLUSTER
MOVING NEWD ALONG THE OH RIVER VALLEY.


AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.  MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 26035.


...EVANS

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