[LeArc] Weather Watch : 4@ 5/1/02 12:36:35 PM

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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 194
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1233 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2002

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

   CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS                           
   SOUTHWEST AND WEST-CENTRAL INDIANA                            
   FAR NORTHWEST KENTUCKY                           
   CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSOURI                           

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1245 PM UNTIL
600 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 90 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLUMBIA
MISSOURI TO 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE 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.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 193.  WATCH NUMBER 193 WILL NOT BE
IN EFFECT AFTER 1245 PM CDT.

DISCUSSION...THE THREAT OF LARGE HAIL WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ESEWD
ACROSS ERN MO/IL AND INTO WRN IND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.  ACTIVITY
WILL REMAIN NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT AND SHOULD REMAIN ELEVATED...
ALONG NOSE OF SSWLY LLJ.


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 27035.


...EVANS

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