[LeArc] Weather Watch : 3@ 5/8/02 1:23:06 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 253
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
119 AM CDT WED MAY 8 2002

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

   SOUTHERN ILLINOIS                           
   WESTERN KENTUCKY                           
   SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI                           

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 130 AM UNTIL 700 AM 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 55 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF POPLAR
BLUFF MISSOURI TO 50 MILES EAST NORTHEAST 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.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...  CONTINUE...WW 251...WW 252...

DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP EWD JUST N OF
E/W BOUNDARY ACROSS SERN MO INTO WRN KY.  WITH FAVORABLE SHEAR AND
UNSTABLE AIRMASS...STORMS EXPECTED TO REMAIN SEVERE WITH BOWS/SHORT
LINES ENHANCING WIND DAMAGE POTENTIAL.


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 550.  MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 27035.


...HALES

;375,0912 380,0875 363,0875 361,0912;

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