[LeArc] Weather Watch : 3@ 3/8/03 2:38:02 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
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 33
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
350 PM EST SAT MAR 8 2003

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

   SOUTHERN AND EASTERN ILLINOIS                           
   CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA                            

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 350 PM UNTIL
1000 PM EST.

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 65 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SALEM ILLINOIS
TO 35 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF MUNCIE 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.

DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO FORM DURING NEXT COUPLE OF
HOURS ALONG PREFRONTAL SURFACE TROUGH OVER S CNTRL IL SHOULD MOVE/
DEVELOP ENEWD THROUGH THE EVENING.  GIVEN DEEP MIXED ENVIRONMENT...
GLANCING INFLUENCE OF SHORTWAVE TROUGH NOW CROSSING LK MI...AND
STRONG /60 KT/ UNIDIRECTIONAL MEAN WIND FIELD...THREAT WILL EXIST
FOR DAMAGING MICROBURSTS AND MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL.

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 400.  MEAN STORM MOTION
VECTOR 24040.

...CORFIDI

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