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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 360

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

245 PM EDT Sat Jun 15 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  east central and southeast Illinois

  central and southern Indiana



* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 245 PM until

  1000 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Isolated supercell development appears possible along a

warm front advancing northward across the region through late

afternoon and early evening.  A few of these storms may pose a risk

for producing tornadoes.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles

north and south of a line from 30 miles southwest of Mattoon IL to

60 miles east of Bloomington IN. For a complete depiction of the

watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



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 359...



AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean

storm motion vector 27030.



...Kerr

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