[LeArc] Weather Watch : 1@ 8/2/2003 4:32:17 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 831 
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 
430 AM CDT SAT AUG 2 2003

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

       NORTHEAST ARKANSAS
       FAR SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
       WESTERN KENTUCKY
       SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
       NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI
       WEST TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING FROM 430 AM UNTIL 1100 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 115 STATUTE MILES
EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES WEST OF WALNUT RIDGE ARKANSAS
TO 50 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF JACKSON TENNESSEE.

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 830...


DISCUSSION...SRN MO BOW MCS EXPECTED TO TURN MORE ESE THROUGH LATER
THIS MORNING...WITH CONTINUING THREAT FOR DAMAGING WIND/HAIL.  AMPLE
SHEAR/INSTABILITY SHOULD EXIST TO SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW
STRONG STORMS/POSSIBLE SUPERCELLS AHEAD OF BOW...AND ON NRN END OF
BOW.

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 550. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 29030.


...CORFIDI

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