[LeArc] Weather Watch : 0@ 7/15/2003 8:35:21 AM

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


WWUS20 KWNS 151334
SEL0  
SPC WW 151335
ILZ000-INZ000-151900-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 750 
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 
835 AM CDT TUE JUL 15 2003

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

       SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
       SOUTHWEST INDIANA

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 835 AM UNTIL 200
PM CDT.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 45 STATUTE MILES
EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF MOUNT
VERNON ILLINOIS TO 10 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF BLOOMINGTON 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...CONTINUE...WW 749...


DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WRN IN INTO SCENTRAL IL ARE
INTENSIFYING AS THEY MOVE SEWD INTO INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIRMASS. 
VEERING SHEAR PROFILES WILL SUPPORT ISOLATED SUPERCELLS WHICH WILL
ENHANCE LARGE HAIL AND MICRO BURST POTENTIAL.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 32030.


...HALES

;382,0892 394,0864 382,0860 371,0884; 

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