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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 260

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

400 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  INDIANA

  FAR NORTHERN KENTUCKY

  WESTERN OHIO



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 400 PM

  UNTIL 1100 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...WITHIN AN INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIR MASS...SEVERE

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD GENERALLY

EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS WITH DAMAGING

WIND AND SOME HAIL POTENTIAL.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES SOUTH

SOUTHWEST OF MATTOON ILLINOIS TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF DAYTON

OHIO.  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...CONTINUE...WW 258...WW 259...



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 30025.





...GUYER

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