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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 152

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

350 PM CDT Tue Apr 28 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  West central and central Illinois

  Southwest into east central Missouri



* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 350 PM until

  1100 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail likely with isolated very large hail events

    to 2 inches in diameter possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are developing along and in advance of a

cold front that will continue to move eastward and southeastward

through the evening.  The storm environment ahead of the front will

favor a band of storms with embedded supercells and bowing segments,

capable of producing damaging winds and large hail as the primary

threats.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 95

statute miles north and south of a line from 30 miles west of

Springfield MO to 25 miles east northeast of Springfield IL. For a

complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline

update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 150...WW 151...



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 550. Mean storm motion vector

28030.



...Thompson

