[LeArc] SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH (Inc McDonough Co)

[Duane Whittingham]

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
    SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 152
    NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
    1110 PM CDT WED APR 5 2006

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

           SOUTHERN AND EASTERN IOWA
           WESTERN ILLINOIS
           CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSOURI

    EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 1110 PM
    UNTIL 500 AM CDT.

    HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 60
    MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

    THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 100
    STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTH
    NORTHEAST OF DES MOINES IOWA TO 15 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF SCOTT
    AFB ILLINOIS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
    ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

    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.

    DISCUSSION...WARM ADVECTION TSTMS EXPECTED TO PERSIST/INCREASE IN
    COVERAGE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY ACROSS THE MID MS VLY AS ELEVATED
    MOISTURE TRANSPORT STRENGTHENS OVER REGION.  SUFFICIENT CLOUD LAYER
    SHEAR IS PRESENT FOR STORM ROTATION...WITH STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE
    RATES FOSTERING PRODUCTION OF SEVERE HAIL.

    AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
    TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 50
    KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM
    MOTION VECTOR 30025.


    ...CORFIDI



SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS 152
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1110 PM CDT WED APR 5 2006

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 152 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

ILC001-005-009-013-017-021-025-027-049-051-057-061-067-071-073-
083-095-107-109-115-117-119-121-125-129-131-133-135-137-143-149-
161-163-167-169-171-173-175-179-187-189-203-061000-
/O.NEW.KWNS.SV.A.0152.060406T0410Z-060406T1000Z/

IL
.    ILLINOIS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ADAMS                BOND                BROWN
CALHOUN              CASS                CHRISTIAN
CLAY                 CLINTON             EFFINGHAM
FAYETTE              FULTON              GREENE
HANCOCK              HENDERSON           HENRY
JERSEY               KNOX                LOGAN
MACON                MACOUPIN            MADISON
MARION               MASON               MCDONOUGH
MENARD               MERCER              MONROE
MONTGOMERY           MORGAN              PEORIA
PIKE                 ROCK ISLAND         SANGAMON
SCHUYLER             SCOTT               SHELBY
ST. CLAIR            STARK               TAZEWELL
WARREN               WASHINGTON          WOODFORD
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