[LeArc] Weather Watch : 5@ 5/31/2002 11:03:34 PM

Fri, 31 May 2002 23:03:34 -0500

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

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IAZ000-ILZ000-MOZ000-010900-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 365
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1055 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2002

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

   SOUTHEAST IOWA                               
   WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS                           
   NORTHEAST MISSOURI                           

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 1100 PM UNTIL
400 AM 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 40 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES WEST OF OTTUMWA IOWA TO 40
MILES EAST OF SPRINGFIELD 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.

DISCUSSION...CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY OVER
SOUTHEAST IA...WITH NEW STORMS FORMING ALONG AXIS INTO WEST CENTRAL
IL.  DESPITE RELATIVELY WARM MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES...MOIST/
UNSTABLE AIRMASS AND SUFFICIENT VERTICAL SHEAR FOR CONVECTIVE
ORGANIZATION AND A FEW SUPERCELLS WILL PRESENT THE RISK OF LARGE
HAIL IN STRONGER CELLS.

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 29030.

...HART

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