[LeArc] Tornado Warning : DVN@ 5/10/2003 6:59:31 PM

[learc@mailman.qth.net]

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


WFUS53 KDVN 102359
TORDVN
ILC067-110030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
658 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HANCOCK COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 652 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND SPOTTERS INDICATED A TORNADO 5
  MILES WEST OF STILLWELL...OR 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KEOKUK...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   WEST POINT BY 700 PM CDT.
   BASCO BY 710 PM CDT.
   DENVER BY 715 PM CDT.
   BENTLEY BY 720 PM CDT.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT OR ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. A
TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT SATURDAY
EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI.

AT 658 PM CDT...PUBLIC REPORTS A TORNADO WITH DEBRIS AROUND THE 
TORNADO NEAR TIOGA.

THIS EXTENDS THE TORNADO WARNING ISSUED EARLIER FOR HANCOCK COUNTY. 

LAT...LON 4025 9142 4012 9125 4034 9095 4062 9118

$$

NICHOLS



WWWW