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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 381
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
453 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 2002

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

   EASTERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS                           
   WESTERN MISSOURI                           

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 500 PM UNTIL 1000
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 75 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 75 MILES WEST OF SAINT LOUIS
MISSOURI TO 25 MILES EAST OF DECATUR ILLINOIS.

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 378...WW 379...WW 380...

DISCUSSION...CLUSTER OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL MO IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO ORGANIZE AND TRACK EASTWARD...WHILE LINE OF
STRONG STORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL IL SAGS SOUTHWARD.  WIDESPREAD
THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD RESULT WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN THE STRONGEST CELLS.  ACTIVITY MAY ORGANIZE INTO
BOW SEGMENTS LATER THIS EVENING WITH AN ENHANCED DAMAGING WIND
THREAT.

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 26035.

...HART

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