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WWUS20 KWNS 140703

SEL0

SPC WW 140703

ILZ000-INZ000-KYZ000-141200-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 420

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

205 AM CDT TUE JUL 14 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EXTREME SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS

  SOUTHWEST INDIANA

  PARTS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING FROM 205 AM UNTIL 700 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...CLUSTERS OF STORMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND

SPREAD ESEWD/SEWD THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS FROM SE IL/SW

INDIANA INTO KY.  THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING

DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 40

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTH OF

MATTOON ILLINOIS TO 70 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



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...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 419. WATCH NUMBER 419 WILL NOT

BE IN EFFECT AFTER 205 AM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 417...



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 600. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 31035.





...THOMPSON

