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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 346

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

600 AM CDT THU JUL 7 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN IOWA

  WESTERN ILLINOIS

  MISSOURI



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 600 AM UNTIL

  100 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY



SUMMARY...A LARGE...BOWING COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS...WITH A HISTORY

OF MEASURED SEVERE WINDS AND DAMAGING GUSTS OVER NORTHEASTERN KANSAS

AND THE KANSAS CITY AREA...WILL MOVE GENERALLY SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS

MUCH OF THE REST OF MISSOURI THROUGH THE FORENOON HOURS.  SEVERE

WIND REMAINS THE PRINCIPAL HAZARD.  THE NORTHERN PART ALSO MAY POSE

A WIND-DAMAGE RISK ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF IOWA INTO ADJACENT

ILLINOIS BEFORE WEAKENING.  SEE SPC MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1184 FOR

INITIAL METEOROLOGICAL DETAILS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85

STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF

FORT LEONARD WOOD MISSOURI TO 40 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF ALTON

ILLINOIS.  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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 345...



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 600. MEAN STORM MOTION

VECTOR 30040.





...EDWARDS

