[LeArc] Weather Watch : 2@ 7/4/2003 5:19:57 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 632 
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 
520 AM CDT FRI JUL 4 2003

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

       NORTHEAST ILLINOIS
       EASTERN WISCONSIN
       LAKE MICHIGAN

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING FROM 520 AM UNTIL 900 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 50 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF GREEN BAY
WISCONSIN TO 25 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF MEIGS FIELD 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 631...


DISCUSSION...LARGE BOW ECHO COMPLEX CONTINUES TO MOVE EASTWARD
ACROSS WESTERN WI AT AROUND 40KT.  ACTIVITY HAS SHOWN SOME SIGNS OF
WEAKENING DURING THE PAST HOUR...BUT ENVIRONMENT REMAINS QUITE
FAVORABLE FOR VIGOROUS CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. DAMAGING WINDS ARE
THE PRIMARY 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 500. MEAN STORM MOTION
VECTOR 27040.


...HART

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