[LeArc] Weather Watch : 7@ 3/12/03 11:44:16 PM

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


WWUS20 KWNS 130554
SEL7  
SPC WW 130600
ILZ000-MOZ000-131100-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 37
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1200 AM CST THU MAR 13 2003

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

   EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS                           
   WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI                           

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING FROM MIDNIGHT CST UNTIL 500 AM CST.

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 55 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 105 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF SAINT
LOUIS MISSOURI TO 30 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF ALTON ILLINOIS.

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...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL MO WILL TRACK
EASTWARD TOWARD THE STL AREA DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  ACTIVITY
HAS BECOME MORE ORGANIZED DURING THE LAST 1-2 HOURS...WITH AN
INCREASING THREAT OF STRONG/DAMAGING WINDS.

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 500.  MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 24035.


...HART

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