[LeArc] Weather Watch : 3@ 7/8/2003 1:49:32 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 683 
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 
145 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2003

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

       EASTERN IOWA
       NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS
       EXTREME NORTHEAST MISSOURI
       LAKE MICHIGAN

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 145 PM UNTIL 700
PM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 90 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF BURLINGTON IOWA TO
60 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHAMPAIGN ILLINOIS.

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 SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 679. WATCH NUMBER 679 WILL NOT BE IN
EFFECT AFTER 145 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 680...WW 681...WW 682...


DISCUSSION...BOW ECHO WITH WIND DAMAGE WILL MOVE EWD ACROSS ACROSS
EXTREME SERN IA INTO EXTREME NERN MO AND NRN IL. OTHER SEVERE STORMS
ARE EXPECTED TO BE LOCATED ALONG A BOUNDARY THAT EXTENDS ACROSS NRN
IL. ALTHOUGH THE DEEP LAYER SHEAR IS AROUND 30 KT...STORMS
INTERSECTING THIS BOUNDARY WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR BRIEF
TORNADOES.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26040.


...IMY

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