[LeArc] Weather Watch : 5@ 5/2/02 7:22:41 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 205
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
720 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2002

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

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS                           
EXTREME SOUTHERN INDIANA                            
WESTERN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY                           
EXTREME SOUTHEAST MISSOURI                           

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING FROM 730 AM UNTIL NOON 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 45 STATUTE MILES
EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF CAPE
GIRARDEAU MISSOURI TO 50 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE
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...ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH SUPERCELL
CHARACTERISTICS...WILL LIKELY PERSIST FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS IN THE
ZONE OF ELEVATED INSTABILITY AND ASCENT N OF THE SURFACE COLD
FRONT.  LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN SEVERE THREAT WITH THESE STORMS
FOR THE NEXT FEW 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 450.  MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 26045.


...THOMPSON

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