[LeArc] Weather Watch : 1@ 4/27/02 9:47:28 PM

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


WWUS20 KWNS 280247
SEL1  
SPC WW 280241
ILZ000-INZ000-KYZ000-MOZ000-280800-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 161
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
941 PM CDT SAT APR 27 2002

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

   CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS                           
   SOUTHWEST INDIANA                            
   WESTERN KENTUCKY                           
   SOUTHEAST MISSOURI                           

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 1000 PM UNTIL
300 AM CDT.

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

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 70 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTH OF BLOOMINGTON ILLINOIS TO 40 MILES
SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF PADUCAH KENTUCKY.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND 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.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...  CONTINUE...WW 159...WW 160...

DISCUSSION...ISOLATED STRONG/SEVERE STORMS CONTINUE TO TRACK
EASTWARD INTO WESTERN IL...WHILE NEW STORMS FORM ACROSS EXTREME
SOUTHERN IL AND WESTERN KY.  SURFACE WARM FRONT BISECTS WATCH
AREA...WITH SHORT TERM THREAT OF TORNADOES HIGHEST IN STORMS ACROSS
SOUTHERN PART OF WATCH.  HOWEVER...MORE STORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO
AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH GREATER THREAT FARTHER NORTH.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 24045.

...HART

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