[LeArc] Weather Watch : 6@ 6/26/02 4:15:36 PM

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


WWUS20 KWNS 262115
SEL6  
SPC WW 262111
IAZ000-ILZ000-MOZ000-270200-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 476
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
411 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2002

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

   EASTERN IOWA                               
   NORTHWEST ILLINOIS                           
   EXTREME NORTHEAST MISSOURI                           

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 430 PM UNTIL
900 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 65 STATUTE MILES
EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OTTUMWA IOWA TO 25
MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF DUBUQUE IOWA.

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 472...WW 473...WW
474...WW 475...

DISCUSSION...LINE OF SCATTERED STRONG/SEVERE STORMS ALONG THE FRONT
IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SEWD THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THE FRONT
MOVES INTO AXIS OF MAXIMUM INSTABILITY OVER ERN IA.  NWLY MID LEVEL
WINDS OF 20-30 KT WILL AID MAINTENANCE OF SEVERE ACTIVITY NEXT
SEVERAL HOURS.


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 30020.


...WEISS/EVANS

;413,0932 430,0905 412,0893 400,0921;

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