[LeArc] Weather Watch : 2@ 7/8/2003 10:58:21 PM

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


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SEL2  
SPC WW 090355
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 692 
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 
1055 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2003

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

       CENTRAL ILLINOIS
       CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 1055 PM
UNTIL 400 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 60 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD
ILLINOIS TO 60 MILES SOUTHEAST OF INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA.

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
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 687...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
NUMBER 688. WATCH NUMBER 687 688 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1055
PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 690...WW 691...


DISCUSSION...MCS WITH BOWING SEGMENT NOW IN W CNTRL MO EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE ESE AT ABOUT 35 KTS. DEEP SHEAR/INSTABILITY PATTERNS APPEAR
SIMILAR TO LAST EVENING...SUGGESTING A CONTINUED THREAT FOR DAMAGING
WIND/HAIL.  ACTIVITY WILL BE FED BY BRANCH OF MOIST...WSWLY LOW
LEVEL JET AIMED TOWARD SRN IND/SW OH.

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 29030.


...CORFIDI

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