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WWUS20 KWNS 061847

SEL5

SPC WW 061847

ILZ000-INZ000-KYZ000-MOZ000-070200-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 555

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

150 PM CDT Tue Aug 6 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  southern Illinois

  southern Indiana

  western Kentucky

  southeast Missouri



* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 150 PM until

  900 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Scattered multicell storms will continue to intensify

within a strongly unstable environment and become capable of

producing isolated damaging wind and possibly some hail through

early evening.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 80

statute miles north and south of a line from 10 miles north

northwest of Farmington MO to 30 miles east northeast of Evansville

IN. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch

outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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 500. Mean storm motion vector

29035.



...Dial

