[LeArc] Weather Watch : 6@ 7/7/2003 11:00:18 PM

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


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SPC WW 080400
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 676 
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 
1100 PM EST MON JUL 7 2003

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

       EASTERN ILLINOIS
       NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA
       SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN
       WESTERN OHIO
       LAKE MICHIGAN
       LAKE ERIE

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 1100 PM UNTIL
400 AM EST.

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 80 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF MEIGS
FIELD ILLINOIS TO 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF FINDLAY OHIO.

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
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 670...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 673.
WATCH NUMBER 670 673 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1100 PM EST.
CONTINUE...WW 671...WW 672...WW 674...WW 675...


DISCUSSION...MCS NEAR CHI EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MAINLY ESE AT ABOUT
30-35 KTS... WITH SYSTEM CONTINUING TO INGEST NEW CELLS FORMING
AHEAD OF BOWING SEGMENT NOW EXITING NE IL.  POTENTIAL WILL ALSO
EXIST FOR STORMS NEAR NRN END OF SYSTEM TO REMAIN STRONG/POSSIBLY
SEVERE AS THEY MOVE E ACROSS SRN LK MI INTO SRN LWR MI.

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 550. MEAN STORM MOTION
VECTOR 29035.


...CORFIDI

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