[LeArc] Weather Watch : 9@ 5/8/2003 5:09:11 PM

Thu, 08 May 2003 17:09:13 -0500

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

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 309 
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 
615 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2003

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

       SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
       SOUTHWEST INDIANA
       WESTERN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT FROM 615 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH OF PADUCAH KENTUCKY TO 55
MILES SOUTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND 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.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 303...WW 304...WW 305...WW
306...WW 307...WW 308...

DISCUSSION...COMPLEX OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SRN IL WILL CONTINUE
DEVELOPING E/SE ACROSS E/W FRONTAL ZONE VICINITY OH RIVER. 
CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR TORNADIC SUPERCELLS...PARTICULARLY
AS STORMS CROSS SURFACE BOUNDARY

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 28035.

...HALES

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