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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 516

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1205 PM EST Sat Nov 18 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Southern Illinois

  Central and Southern Indiana

  Western Kentucky

  Southeast Missouri

  Western Ohio



* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 1205 PM

  until 600 PM EST.



* Primary threats include...

  Widespread damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...A fast-moving line of thunderstorms will sweep across the

watch area this afternoon, posing a risk of locally damaging wind

gusts.  Some risk of hail and a tornado or two also exists.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 80

statute miles east and west of a line from 45 miles north northeast

of Muncie IN to 45 miles south of Cape Girardeau MO. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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

1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 400. Mean storm motion vector

26040.



...Hart

