[LeArc] SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 14 for WESTERN ILLINOIS, SOUTHEASTERN IOWA, NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI

[Duane Whittingham]

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 14
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1105 PM CST FRI MAR 8 2002
   
THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
   
SOUTHEASTERN IOWA                               
WESTERN ILLINOIS                           
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI                           
   
EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 1130 PM UNTIL
400 AM CST.
   
HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF KNOB NOSTER
MISSOURI TO 50 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF MOLINE 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.
   
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...  CONTINUE...WW 12...WW 13...
   
DISCUSSION...LINE OF SEVERE STORMS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING
EWD AT 45 KT AS STRONG SHORTWAVE TROUGH CONTINUES TO MOVE EWD
ACROSS KS. 
   
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 1 INCH EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. 
A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450.  MEAN STORM MOTION
VECTOR 27045.
   
...IMY
  
ILLINOIS AREAL OUTLINE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 14
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1114 PM CST FRI MAR 8 2002

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CST AND
INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING 29 COUNTIES...

ILC123-125-143-175-179-203-091000-
IN  CENTRAL ILLINOIS
MARSHALL MASON PEORIA STARK TAZEWELL WOODFORD 

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ILC011-037-103-141-155-091000-
IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS
BUREAU DEKALB LEE OGLE PUTNAM 

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ILC015-073-131-161-195-091000-
IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS
CARROLL HENRY MERCER ROCK ISLAND WHITESIDE 

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ILC001-009-017-057-067-071-095-109-137-149-169-171-187-091000-
IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
ADAMS BROWN CASS FULTON HANCOCK HENDERSON KNOX MCDONOUGH MORGAN PIKE
SCHUYLER SCOTT WARREN 

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SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH ARE
PRINCETON... BEARDSTOWN... DE KALB... CANTON... GENESEO...
GALESBURG... DIXON... MACOMB... JACKSONVILLE... ROCHELLE... PEORIA...
QUAD CITIES... MONMOUTH... STERLING... 

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