[LeArc] Weather Watch : 5@ 5/1/2003 9:36:21 AM

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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 195 
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 
935 AM CDT THU MAY 1 2003

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

       NORTHEAST ARKANSAS
       SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
       WESTERN KENTUCKY
       SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 935 AM UNTIL
300 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 55 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF WALNUT
RIDGE ARKANSAS TO 65 MILES NORTHEAST OF PADUCAH KENTUCKY.

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...ONGOING STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SRN MO BORDER AREA
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE EWD AND LIKELY INCREASE IN INTENSITY AS AIRMASS
DESTABILIZES. 

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 26030.


...HALES

;370,0910 383,0875 365,0875 352,0910; WWWW