[LeArc] Weather Watch : 5@ 5/9/02 2:26:32 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 265
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
223 AM CDT THU MAY 9 2002

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

   EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS                           
   CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA                            

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING FROM 230 AM UNTIL 800 AM CDT.

HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 70 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES EAST OF SALEM ILLINOIS TO 65
MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE INDIANA.

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...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 263.  WATCH NUMBER 263 WILL NOT BE
IN EFFECT AFTER 230 AM CDT.  CONTINUE...WW 264...

DISCUSSION...SQUALL LINE WITH EMBEDDED BOW ECHOES WILL ENHANCE THE
THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT ACROSS
WW.  THOUGH INSTABILITY IS MARGINAL...50-60 KT WINDS AT 1 KM WILL
FURTHER SUSTAIN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT.


AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 1 INCH EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. 
A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400.  MEAN STORM MOTION
VECTOR 25040.


...EVANS

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