[LeArc] Tornado Warning : DVN@ 7/9/2003 9:04:43 PM

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


WFUS53 KDVN 100203
TORDVN
ILC067-MOC045-100245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
859 PM CDT WED JUL 9 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CLARK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI
  HANCOCK COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 856 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH POSSIBLE  TORNADOES OVER 
  NEEPER...OR 7  MILES SOUTH OF KAHOKA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   ANTIOCH BY 900 PM CDT.
   ST. PATRICK BY 905 PM CDT.
   GREGORY LANDING BY 910 PM CDT.
   TIOGA BY 925 PM CDT.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT OR ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM.

BRIEF, TORNADOES ARE FAVORABLE TO OCCUR ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF THE
STORM...CAPABLE OF LOCALIZED, ENHANCED DAMAGE IN ADDITION TO STRAIGHT
LINE WINDS.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS STRONG
ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM AND A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE
OCCURRING OR IS LIKELY TO OCCUR SOON.


LAT...LON 4043 9180 4026 9189 3995 9095 4018 9084

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