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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 201

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

815 PM CDT Mon May 20 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  South-central Missouri



* Effective this Monday night and Tuesday morning from 815 PM

  until 400 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75

    mph possible

  Isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Initially elevated storms capable of severe hail/possibly

wind will cross the region through mid-evening, while an additional

round of storms across southwest Missouri will accelerate

northeastward toward south-central Missouri through late

evening/overnight with damaging winds as the primary risk.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50

statute miles north and south of a line from 35 miles west of Fort

Leonard Wood MO to 45 miles northeast of West Plains MO. 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 199...WW 200...



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

23030.



...Guyer

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