[LeArc] Weather Watch : 5@ 4/24/02 10:06:33 AM

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


WWUS20 KWNS 241508
SEL5  
SPC WW 241502
IAZ000-ILZ000-MOZ000-242000-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 145
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1002 AM CDT WED APR 24 2002

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

   FAR SOUTHEAST IOWA                               
   CENTRAL AND EASTERN ILLINOIS                           
   NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI                           

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1015 AM UNTIL
300 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 110 STATUTE MILES
EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBIA MISSOURI
TO 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF PEORIA ILLINOIS.

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 144...

DISCUSSION...PRIMARILY ELEVATED CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE DEVELOPING
ESEWD ACROSS WW THROUGH THE MID AFTERNOON.  LARGE HAIL WILL BE
PRIMARY THREAT...THOUGH SHEAR WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF SUPERCELLS.  IF
STORMS CAN BECOME ROOTED NEARER BOUNDARY LAYER LATER TODAY ALONG
COLD FRONT...WIND DAMAGE THREAT WOULD INCREASE.


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 400.  MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 26035.


...EVANS

;400,0882 373,0900 391,0932 414,0915;

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