[LeArc] Weather Watch : 2@ 8/13/02 11:58:06 AM

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


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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 602
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1200 PM CDT TUE AUG 13 2002

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

   NORTHERN ILLINOIS                           
   NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA                            
   EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN LOWER MICHIGAN                           
   SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN                          
   SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN                      

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM NOON CDT UNTIL
600 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 85 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES WEST OF JANESVILLE
WISCONSIN TO 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE INDIANA.

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.

DISCUSSION...MCV LOCATED NEAR BMI SHOULD HELP INTENSIFY STORMS
DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. MODERATE INSTABILITY AND STRONGER MID
LEVEL WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH MID LEVEL CIRCULATION SHOULD BE
SUFFICIENT FOR STORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND MARGINALLY SEVERE
HAIL.   

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 500.  MEAN STORM MOTION
VECTOR 22020.

...IMY

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