[LeArc] Severe Thunderstorm Watch

[Brandon Sullivan]

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 108
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   420 AM CDT TUE APR 3 2007

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

          SOUTHEAST IOWA
          WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
          NORTHEAST MISSOURI

   EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING FROM 420 AM UNTIL 1000 AM 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 APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH
   NORTHWEST OF MOLINE ILLINOIS TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF QUINCY
   ILLINOIS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

   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 106...WW 107...

   DISCUSSION...LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS
   SOUTHERN IA AND NORTHERN MO.  THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY MAINTAIN
   STRENGTH AS THEY TRACK ACROSS WATCH AREA THIS MORNING.  MESOSCALE
   ORGANIZATION OF SQUALL LINE AND CONVERGENCE NEAR SURFACE WARM FRONT
   WILL HELP TO PROMOTE A RISK OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN
   STRONGER STORMS.





SPC ALSO HAS THE AREA IN A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS 
AFTERNOON..


73's

Brandon