[LeArc] Weather Watch : 0@ 5/1/02 10:10:57 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
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 200
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1004 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2002
THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
SOUTHERN INDIANA
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 1030 PM
UNTIL 400 AM CDT.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 85 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF WEST PLAINS MISSOURI TO
75 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF EVANSVILLE INDIANA.
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND 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.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO WATCH
NUMBER 197. WATCH NUMBER 197 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1030PM
CDT. CONTINUE...WW 198...WW 199...
DISCUSSION...ISOLATED STRONG/SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
INTENSIFY FURTHER AS THEY TRACK EASTWARD INTO SOUTHEAST MO/SOUTHERN
IL. BACKED LOW LEVEL WINDS IN THIS REGION ARE ENHANCING VERTICAL
SHEAR PROFILES...LIKELY AIDING IN CONVECTIVE INTENSIFICATION.
SUPERCELLS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES ARE
EXPECTED. EVENTUAL EVOLUTION INTO BOWS/LEWPS IS ALSO ANTICIPATED.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27040.
...HART
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