[LeArc] Weather Watch : 3@ 5/1/02 9:38:14 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 193
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
932 AM CDT WED MAY 1 2002

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

   FAR NORTHERN ARKANSAS                           
   SOUTHERN ILLINOIS                           
   WESTERN KENTUCKY                           
   SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI                           
   FAR NORTHWEST TENNESSEE                          

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 945 AM UNTIL
400 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 75 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF FORT
LEONARD WOOD MISSOURI TO 30 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF PADUCAH
KENTUCKY.

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...LOW LEVEL WARM AIR ADVECTION WILL SUSTAIN ELEVATED
CONVECTION WITH AN INCREASING THREAT OF LARGE HAIL THROUGH THE
MORNING/AFTERNOON.  LARGE HAIL WILL REMAIN PRIMARY THREAT...THOUGH
IF STORMS BECOMING ROOTED NEARER THE SURFACE WARM FRONT LATER TODAY
WIND DAMAGE THREAT WILL ALSO INCREASE.


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 27040.


...EVANS

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