[LeArc] Tornado Warning : DVN@ 5/10/2003 7:30:08 PM

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


WFUS53 KDVN 110029
TORDVN
ILC067-109-110115-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  NORTHWESTERN MCDONOUGH COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 723 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND SPOTTERS INDICATED A LARGE AND
  POWERFUL TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTH OF WEBSTER...OR 8 MILES EAST OF
  CARTHAGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   TENNESSEE BY 735 PM CDT.
   COLCHESTER BY 740 PM CDT.
   ARGYLE LAKE STATE PARK BY 745 PM CDT.
   SCIOTA BY 755 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.

THIS TORNADO HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE.

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.

LAT...LON 4045 9110 4030 9098 4045 9062 4062 9077

$$

NICHOLS



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