[LeArc] Weather Watch : 0@ 5/10/2003 9:03:22 PM

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


WWUS20 KWNS 110203
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SPC WW 110210
ILZ000-INZ000-MOZ000-110700-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 350 
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 
910 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003

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

       SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS
       SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA
       EASTERN MISSOURI

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 910 PM UNTIL
200 AM CDT.

...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...

DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 80 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF QUINCY ILLINOIS
TO 50 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA.

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 344. WATCH NUMBER 344 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 910
PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 341...WW 343...WW 344...WW 345...WW 346...WW
347...WW 348...WW 349...


DISCUSSION...STRONG SHEAR AHEAD OF DEEPENING LOW AND APPROACHING
UPPER TROUGH SUPPORTS CONTINUED THREAT OF TORNADIC SUPERCELLS
SPREADING EASTWARD ACROSS WRN OH VALLEY.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24045.


...HALES

;402,0913 403,0852 381,0852 380,0913; 

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