[LeArc] Weather Watch : 2@ 5/8/02 8:51:04 PM

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


WWUS20 KWNS 090150
SEL2  
SPC WW 090143
IAZ000-ILZ000-MOZ000-090700-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 262
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
843 PM CDT WED MAY 8 2002

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

   EASTERN IOWA                               
   NORTHWEST ILLINOIS                           
   EXTREME NORTHEAST MISSOURI                           

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 900 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 55 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF BURLINGTON
IOWA TO 15 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF DUBUQUE IOWA.

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...WW 260...WW 261...

DISCUSSION...LINE OF STRONG/SEVERE STORMS OVER CENTRAL IA WILL
CONTINUE TO TRACK EASTWARD TOWARD THE MS RIVER.  BOW ECHOES AND
ASSOCIATED DAMAGING WINDS APPEAR TO BE THE PRIMARY THREAT.

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 24035.

...HART

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