[LeArc] Weather Watch : 0@ 5/8/02 8:20:12 PM

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The following weather message is provided by McDonough County E.S.D.A.


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SPC WW 090116
ILZ000-MOZ000-090700-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 260
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
816 PM CDT WED MAY 8 2002

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

   WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS                           
   NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI                           

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 830 PM
UNTIL 200 AM CDT.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JEFFERSON CITY
MISSOURI TO 30 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF QUINCY ILLINOIS.

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 255...WW 256...WW
257...WW 258...WW 259...

DISCUSSION...SEVERE MCS NOW OVER CENTRAL MO IS EXPECTED TO TRACK
EASTWARD ACROSS NORTHEAST MO INTO WEST CENTRAL IL DURING THE NEXT
FEW HOURS.  BOW/LEWP STRUCTURES IN THIS SYSTEM WILL POSE A THREAT
OF DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

AVIATION...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 26040.

...HART

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