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Tornado Watch 339
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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 339
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   425 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004
   
   CORRECTED FOR WORDING
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
     ILLINOIS
     INDIANA
     WISCONSIN
     LAKE MICHIGAN
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 425 PM UNTIL 1000
   PM CDT.
   
   ...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...
   
   DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 2 INCHES 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 35 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF MADISON WISCONSIN TO 65
   MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARSEILLES ILLINOIS.
   
   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 330...WW 331...WW 332...WW
   333...WW 334...WW 335...WW 336...WW 337...WW 338...WW 339...
   
   DISCUSSION...
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 24025.
   
   
   ...EVANS
   
   
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