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WWUS20 KWNS 182138

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SPC WW 182138

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 187

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

440 PM CDT Sat May 18 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Central and Eastern Missouri



* Effective this Saturday afternoon from 440 PM until Midnight

  CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...A line of storms will continue to move northeastward

across central and eastern Missouri this evening with mainly a

damaging wind risk.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55

statute miles east and west of a line from 35 miles east northeast

of Columbia MO to 30 miles southwest of Poplar Bluff MO. For a

complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline

update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



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 181...WW 182...WW

183...WW 184...WW 186...



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 500. Mean storm motion vector

22030.



...Guyer

