[LeArc] Weather Watch : 3@ 5/8/02 11:15:52 PM

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


WWUS20 KWNS 090412
SEL3  
SPC WW 090409
ILZ000-090900-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 263
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1109 PM CDT WED MAY 8 2002

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

   EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS                           

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 1130 PM
UNTIL 400 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 50 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF PEORIA
ILLINOIS TO 10 MILES NORTH OF DANVILLE 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 259...WW 260...WW
261...WW 262...

DISCUSSION...BOW ECHO NEAR SPI WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TRACKING EAST-
NORTHEASTWARD AROUND 40 KNOTS...WITH ISOLATED CELLS DEVELOPING
AHEAD OF FEATURE.  DAMAGING WINDS WILL REMAIN LIKELY WITH APEX OF
BOW FOR A FEW MORE 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 500.  MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 24035.

...HART

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