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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 401

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

855 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  NORTHEAST MISSOURI



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 855 PM

  UNTIL 300 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS

    TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS

    TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTH

NORTHWEST OF QUINCY ILLINOIS TO 40 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF

JEFFERSON CITY MISSOURI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH

SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



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 398...WW 399...WW 400...



DISCUSSION...FAST-MOVING LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN

MO WILL TRACK SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS EVENING.

DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THESE STORMS...ALTHOUGH

LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 30035.





...HART

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