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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 258

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1240 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  FAR EASTERN ARKANSAS

  SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

  SOUTHERN INDIANA

  WESTERN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY

  SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

  WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1240 PM

  UNTIL 900 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...AIDED BY A WEAK MID-LEVEL DISTURBANCE WITH ENHANCED FLOW

ALOFT...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO STEADILY

INTENSIFY AS THEY PROGRESS GENERALLY SOUTHEASTWARD THIS AFTERNOON

WITHIN AN INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES EAST

SOUTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY TO 35 MILES WEST OF DYERSBURG

TENNESSEE.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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.



&&



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 29030.





...GUYER

