[LeArc] Weather Watch : 7@ 7/18/2003 6:56:16 AM

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


WWUS20 KWNS 181155
SEL7  
SPC WW 181150
ILZ000-KYZ000-MOZ000-181700-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 757 
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 
650 AM CDT FRI JUL 18 2003

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

       SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
       EXTREME WESTERN KENTUCKY
       EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING FROM 650 AM UNTIL 1200 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 60 STATUTE MILES
EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF COLUMBIA
MISSOURI TO 35 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF CAPE GIRARDEAU MISSOURI.

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 756...


DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE/DEVELOP
SOUTH-SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE MORNING AS SHORTWAVE TROUGH
APPROACHES FROM THE NORTH. STRENGTHENING WINDS ALOFT SUGGEST AN
INCREASED WIND THREAT ALONG WITH SOME HAIL.

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 33030.


...IMY

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