[LeArc] Weather Watch : 6@ 4/24/02 1:23:15 PM

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


WWUS20 KWNS 241824
SEL6  
SPC WW 241821
ILZ000-WIZ000-LMZ000-250000-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 146
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
121 PM CDT WED APR 24 2002

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

   NORTHEAST ILLINOIS                           
   SOUTHEAST AND PART OF EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN                   
   WESTERN LAKE MICHIGAN                      

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 130 PM UNTIL
700 PM CDT.

HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 50 STATUTE MILES
EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF BLOOMINGTON
ILLINOIS TO 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF MANITOWOC WISCONSIN.

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 145...

DISCUSSION...UNSEASONABLY STRONG UPPER SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED
SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL SHIFT QUICKLY EWD ACROSS WW THIS AFTERNOON. 
LARGE HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY STORMS AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...WITH AN
INCREASED THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS IF ACTIVITY BECOMES ROOTED ALONG
THE COLD FRONT.


AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 1 INCH EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. 
A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400.  MEAN STORM MOTION
VECTOR 26040.


...EVANS

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