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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 219

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

225 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

  SOUTHERN INDIANA

  WESTERN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY

  SOUTHEAST MISSOURI



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 225 PM

  UNTIL 800 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 140 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF

SALEM ILLINOIS TO 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF PADUCAH KENTUCKY.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR

TORNADOES AND 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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 218...



DISCUSSION...VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS EXPECTED TO FUEL INTENSE TSTM

DEVELOPMENT OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS ALONG AND AHEAD OF A FRONT

SETTLING GRADUALLY SOUTH TO THE OH RIVER. INITIAL ACTIVITY MAY BE

DISCRETE AND SUPERCELLULAR IN NATURE WITH A GOOD CHANCE FOR LARGE

HAIL AND PERHAPS A COUPLE OF TORNADOES. WITH INCREASING STORM

COVERAGE WILL COME THE CHANCE FOR CELL MERGERS AND UPSCALE

GROWTH...WITH THE EVENTUAL EVOLUTION INTO A FORWARD PROPAGATING MCS

ACROSS SRN-SCNTRL KY BY EVENING.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 29025.





...CARBIN

