[LeArc] Weather Watch : 8@ 4/4/2003 6:32:51 PM

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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
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 88
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
730 PM EST FRI APR 4 2003

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

   EASTERN ILLINOIS                           
   SOUTHERN AND EASTERN INDIANA                            
   WESTERN OHIO                               

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 730 PM UNTIL
100 AM EST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 100 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTH OF TERRE HAUTE INDIANA TO 75 MILES
NORTH OF DAYTON OHIO.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND 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.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO WATCH
NUMBER 86.  WATCH NUMBER 86 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 730 PM EST. 
CONTINUE...WW 87...

DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS NRN/WRN IN AHEAD OF
SURFACE LOW AND COLD FRONT.  WITH 60-70 KT MID LEVEL WIND MAX
COUPLED WITH 40-50 KT 850 MB JET PROVIDING FAVORABLE SHEAR  FOR
CONTINUED SUPERCELL/TORNADO THREAT.  WARM FRONT EXTENDING ESEWD
ACROSS ERN IN INTO CENTRAL OH WILL BE A FOCUS FOR ENHANCED TORNADO
POTENTIAL.


AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 450. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.


...HALES

;385,0891 405,0860 405,0821 385,0852;

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