[LeArc] Weather Watch : 1@ 5/10/2003 9:32:26 PM

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


WWUS20 KWNS 110232
SEL1  
SPC WW 110235
IAZ000-ILZ000-WIZ000-110600-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 351 
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 
935 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003

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

       EASTERN IOWA
       WESTERN ILLINOIS
       SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 935 PM UNTIL
100 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 50 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF PEORIA ILLINOIS TO 40
MILES NORTH OF LONEROCK WISCONSIN.

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 341...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 346. WATCH NUMBER 341 346
WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 935 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 341...WW
346...WW 347...WW 348...WW 349...WW 350...


DISCUSSION...INTENSE TORNADIC SUPERCELLS CONTINUE TO TRACK NEWD
AHEAD OF DEEPENING SURFACE LOW.  CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE
FOR POTENTIALLY STRONG TORNADOES NEXT SEVERAL HOURS

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 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24045.


...HALES

;402,0911 434,0911 434,0891 402,0891; 

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