[LeArc] Weather Watch : 0@ 5/14/2003 1:55:38 PM

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


WWUS20 KWNS 141855
SEL0  
SPC WW 141900
IAZ000-ILZ000-150000-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 370 
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 
200 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2003

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

       SOUTHERN IOWA
       EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 200 PM UNTIL
700 PM CDT.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 45 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 95 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF LAMONI
IOWA TO 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF BURLINGTON IOWA.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES.


OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 368...WW 369...


DISCUSSION...CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS NEAR OMA ALONG COLD FRONT WILL
SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN IA DURING THE AFTERNOON.  COLD
TEMPERATURES ALOFT AND CAPE VALUES OF 1500-2500 J/KG WILL SUPPORT A
RISK OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN STRONGER STORMS.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 28035.


...HART

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