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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 192

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

410 PM CDT Sun May 17 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  East-central and southeast Illinois

  Western Indiana

  Northwest Kentucky



* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 410 PM until

  1000 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Bands of storms and possibly a few supercells will

continue to organize and at least somewhat intensify late this

afternoon through early evening. Isolated damaging winds and

possibly a tornado or two could occur.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55

statute miles east and west of a line from 20 miles north of

Danville IL to 45 miles east southeast of Carbondale IL. For a

complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline

update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few

cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 400. Mean storm motion vector

23035.



...Guyer

