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WWUS20 KWNS 261845

SEL6

SPC WW 261845

ILZ000-INZ000-KYZ000-MOZ000-270200-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 526

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

150 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

       SOUTHERN INDIANA

       WESTERN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY

       SOUTHERN MISSOURI



EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 150 PM UNTIL

900 PM CDT.



HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70

MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH

NORTHWEST OF WEST PLAINS MISSOURI TO 55 MILES NORTHEAST OF

LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE

THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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 524...WW 525...



DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY

INTENSIFY ACROSS THE WATCH AREA DURING THE NEXT FEW

HOURS...SPREADING EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING.

STRONG INSTABILITY COUPLED WITH SUFFICIENTLY STRONG WESTERLY FLOW

ALOFT WILL PROMOTE A RISK OF LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS IN THE STRONGER

STORMS.



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 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 27035.





...HART

