[LeArc] Weather Watch : 9@ 5/10/2003 8:43:25 PM

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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
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 349 
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 
845 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003

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

       NORTHERN ARKANSAS
       SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
       SOUTHWEST INDIANA
       WESTERN KENTUCKY
       SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
       WESTERN TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 845 PM UNTIL
200 AM CDT.

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 100 STATUTE MILES EAST AND
WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF CARBONDALE
ILLINOIS TO 75 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JONESBORO ARKANSAS.

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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 342. WATCH NUMBER 342 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 845
PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 341...WW 342...WW 343...WW 344...WW 345...WW
346...WW 347...WW 348...


DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING
EWD ACROSS ID MS VALLEY AHEAD OF STRONG S/WV TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED
MID/UPPER JET.	WITH THE AIRMASS REMAINING UNSTABLE  AND DEEP LAYER
SHEAR FAVORABLE...SUPERCELLS WILL BE LIKELY WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES
ALONG WITH DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS AS WELL AS LARGE HAIL

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 24040.


...HALES

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