[LeArc] Weather Watch : 5@ 5/30/2003 9:09:51 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 445 
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 
910 PM EST FRI MAY 30 2003

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

       EASTERN ILLINOIS
       WESTERN AND NORTHERN INDIANA
       SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN
       LAKE MICHIGAN

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 910 PM UNTIL
300 AM EST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF SOUTH BEND INDIANA TO 65
MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE 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...CONTINUE...WW 443...WW 444...


DISCUSSION...BAND OF SUPERCELLS ALONG CNTRL IL DRY LINE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE GENERALLY EWD...WITH GRADUAL EVOLUTION INTO A SQUALL LINE
WITH EMBEDDED LEWPS/SMALL SCALE BOWS.  THREAT FOR A FEW TORNADOES
MAY PERSIST FOR A FEW MORE HOURS DESPITE ONSET OF NOCTURNAL COOLING
AS BOTH DEEP SHEAR AND LOW LEVEL DIRECTIONAL SHEAR REMAIN SUPPORTIVE
OF  SOME LOW LEVEL STORM ROTATION.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 29030.


...CORFIDI

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