[LeArc] Weather Watch : 5@ 4/28/2003 2:32:37 PM

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


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SPC WW 281935
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 175 
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 
235 PM CDT MON APR 28 2003

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

       SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
       SOUTHERN MISSOURI

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 235 PM UNTIL 800
PM 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 65 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD
MISSOURI TO 5 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF CARBONDALE 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.




DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE REDEVELOPING ALONG AND N OF OLD OUT
FLOW BOUNDARY ACROSS SRN MO.  WITH MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN
WARM SECTOR LIFTING ACROSS BOUNDARY...STORMS WILL BECOME MORE
WIDESPREAD AND SEVERE.

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 24030.


...HALES

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