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Here are some examples from broadcast from the NWS
Special Weather Statement
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...
THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR EASTERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY.
AT 330 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING AN
INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS LOCATED NEAR THE MCDONALD OBSERVATORY.
THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH...PEA TO
MARBLE SIZE HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
RESIDENTS OF EASTERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER INDOORS IF THIS
STORM APPROACHES.
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...
THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR EASTERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY.
AT 330 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING AN
INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS LOCATED NEAR THE MCDONALD OBSERVATORY.
THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH...PEA TO
MARBLE SIZE HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
RESIDENTS OF EASTERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER INDOORS IF THIS
STORM APPROACHES.
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
330 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008
KSZ037-038-082100-
MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-
330 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008
.NOW...
THROUGH 400 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH
ACROSS SOUTHWEST WABAUNSEE AND NORTHEAST MORRIS COUNTIES. BRIEF HEAVY
RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
330 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008
KSZ037-038-082100-
MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-
330 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008
.NOW...
THROUGH 400 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH
ACROSS SOUTHWEST WABAUNSEE AND NORTHEAST MORRIS COUNTIES. BRIEF HEAVY
RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT.
Civil Emergency Message
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE
CITY OF ALTUS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ALTUS OK RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE NORMAN OK 250 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008
THERE WILL BE A PLANNED POWER OUTAGE ALONG AND SOUTH OF BROADWAY IN THE CITY
OF ALTUS. THE PLANNED POWER OUTAGE WILL BEGIN AT 3 PM AND LAST FOR
APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR. QUESTIONS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO ALTUS EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AT THE PHONE NUMBER 481-2240.
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE
CITY OF ALTUS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ALTUS OK RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE NORMAN OK 250 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008
THERE WILL BE A PLANNED POWER OUTAGE ALONG AND SOUTH OF BROADWAY IN THE CITY
OF ALTUS. THE PLANNED POWER OUTAGE WILL BEGIN AT 3 PM AND LAST FOR
APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR. QUESTIONS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO ALTUS EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AT THE PHONE NUMBER 481-2240.
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 8 PM EDT MONDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 8 PM EDT MONDAY. A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8
PM EDT THIS EVENING.
HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON AND ON MONDAY AFTERNOON WILL REACH TRIPLE
DIGITS OVER MOST OF THE AREA. THESE HIGH TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH THE
HUMIDITY WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDICES OF UP TO 105 DEGREES.
THE DANGER FROM PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO SUCH HOT CONDITIONS IS CUMULATIVE.
THIS MEANS THE CHANCE OF DEHYDRATION AND OTHER HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES
INCREASES AS THE HEAT WAVE CONTINUES. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR
CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUNSHINE...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND
NEIGHBORS.
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 8 PM EDT MONDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 8 PM EDT MONDAY. A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8
PM EDT THIS EVENING.
HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON AND ON MONDAY AFTERNOON WILL REACH TRIPLE
DIGITS OVER MOST OF THE AREA. THESE HIGH TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH THE
HUMIDITY WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDICES OF UP TO 105 DEGREES.
THE DANGER FROM PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO SUCH HOT CONDITIONS IS CUMULATIVE.
THIS MEANS THE CHANCE OF DEHYDRATION AND OTHER HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES
INCREASES AS THE HEAT WAVE CONTINUES. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR
CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUNSHINE...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND
NEIGHBORS.
Flood Warning
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...
CENTRAL SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
EDGAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
MOULTRIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHERN PIATT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHERN VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 945 PM CDT SUNDAY.
* AT 456 PM CDT...ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE AREA...RUNOFF PROBLEMS FROM THE RAINS WHICH OCCURRED ACROSS
PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS OVER THE PAST 12 TO
18 HOURS CONTINUE. MANY SECONDARY AND RURAL ROADS WERE FLOODED AND
ONLY A GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT IN CONDITIONS IS EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 191 AND 226.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 213 AND 219.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS
ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOVE
TO HIGHER GROUND.
REPORT ANY FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...
CENTRAL SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
EDGAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
MOULTRIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHERN PIATT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHERN VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 945 PM CDT SUNDAY.
* AT 456 PM CDT...ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE AREA...RUNOFF PROBLEMS FROM THE RAINS WHICH OCCURRED ACROSS
PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS OVER THE PAST 12 TO
18 HOURS CONTINUE. MANY SECONDARY AND RURAL ROADS WERE FLOODED AND
ONLY A GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT IN CONDITIONS IS EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 191 AND 226.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 213 AND 219.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS
ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOVE
TO HIGHER GROUND.
REPORT ANY FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Tornado Warning
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
419 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN GENESEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN
NORTHERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN
SOUTHEASTERN SHIAWASSEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN
* UNTIL 500 PM EDT
* AT 417 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
PERRY..MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BYRON BY 430 PM EDT...
LINDEN BY 435 PM EDT...
FENTON BY 440 PM EDT...
THE WARNING INCLUDES AREAS SURROUNDING THESE LOCATIONS...
PERRY... MORRICE... LINDEN...
GAINES... FENTON... COHOCTAH...
BYRON...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT
STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE
ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY.
SEEK SHELTER IN THE INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING...ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.
GET TO A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE...AND AVOID WINDOWS.
PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS OR PILLOWS.
THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OVER 65 MPH AND HAIL
GREATER THAN ONE INCH IN DIAMETER.
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
419 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN GENESEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN
NORTHERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN
SOUTHEASTERN SHIAWASSEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN
* UNTIL 500 PM EDT
* AT 417 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
PERRY..MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BYRON BY 430 PM EDT...
LINDEN BY 435 PM EDT...
FENTON BY 440 PM EDT...
THE WARNING INCLUDES AREAS SURROUNDING THESE LOCATIONS...
PERRY... MORRICE... LINDEN...
GAINES... FENTON... COHOCTAH...
BYRON...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT
STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE
ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY.
SEEK SHELTER IN THE INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING...ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.
GET TO A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE...AND AVOID WINDOWS.
PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS OR PILLOWS.
THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OVER 65 MPH AND HAIL
GREATER THAN ONE INCH IN DIAMETER.
Amber Alert/Child Abduction Emergency
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
CHILD ABDUCTION EMERGENCY - AMBER ALERT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
840 PM PDT THU JUN 5 2008
THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL HAS ISSUED A...
* CHILD ABDUCTION EMERGENCY FOR SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA.
* A CHILD ABDUCTION OCCURRED ON...JUNE 4 AT 530 PM...
IN LAS VEGAS...NEVADA.
* THE CHILD'S NAME IS ESTHER MELENDEZ...AN 11 YEAR OLD WHITE
FEMALE...LONG BLACK HAIR...AND BROWN EYES. SHE WAS LAST SEEN WEARING
A BLACK SHIRT AND A BLACK SKIRT. THE SUSPECT IS...
JOSE RANGLE MARTINEZ...A 28 TO 30 YEAR OLD HISPANIC MALE...5 FEET
10 INCHES TALL...140 POUNDS WITH BLACK HAIR...BROWN EYES...
AND A THIN BUILD. HE ALSO HAS A TATTOO ON HIS FOREARM AREA...
AND USES AN ALIAS OF MANUEL ZAVALA YEPEZ.
* DRIVING A 2003 RED CHEVROLET CAVALIER 4 DOOR WITH NEVADA LICENSE
PLATE 5 0 6 U V M. THE SUSPECT MAY BE ENROUTE TO WASHINGTON STATE...
IDAHO...OR MEXICO.
* TO REPORT POSSIBLE SIGHTINGS...CALL 9 1 1
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
CHILD ABDUCTION EMERGENCY - AMBER ALERT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
840 PM PDT THU JUN 5 2008
THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL HAS ISSUED A...
* CHILD ABDUCTION EMERGENCY FOR SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA.
* A CHILD ABDUCTION OCCURRED ON...JUNE 4 AT 530 PM...
IN LAS VEGAS...NEVADA.
* THE CHILD'S NAME IS ESTHER MELENDEZ...AN 11 YEAR OLD WHITE
FEMALE...LONG BLACK HAIR...AND BROWN EYES. SHE WAS LAST SEEN WEARING
A BLACK SHIRT AND A BLACK SKIRT. THE SUSPECT IS...
JOSE RANGLE MARTINEZ...A 28 TO 30 YEAR OLD HISPANIC MALE...5 FEET
10 INCHES TALL...140 POUNDS WITH BLACK HAIR...BROWN EYES...
AND A THIN BUILD. HE ALSO HAS A TATTOO ON HIS FOREARM AREA...
AND USES AN ALIAS OF MANUEL ZAVALA YEPEZ.
* DRIVING A 2003 RED CHEVROLET CAVALIER 4 DOOR WITH NEVADA LICENSE
PLATE 5 0 6 U V M. THE SUSPECT MAY BE ENROUTE TO WASHINGTON STATE...
IDAHO...OR MEXICO.
* TO REPORT POSSIBLE SIGHTINGS...CALL 9 1 1