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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 681

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

305 AM CDT Mon Oct 21 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Eastern Arkansas

  Southern Illinois

  Extreme western Kentucky

  Southeastern Missouri

  Extreme northwestern Mississippi

  Extreme western Tennessee



* Effective this Monday morning from 305 AM until 900 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...A broken arc of strong-severe thunderstorms will pose a

risk of damaging winds, with a couple embedded tornadoes possible,

before crossing the Mississippi River and weakening farther east

later this morning.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles

east and west of a line from 30 miles west of Memphis TN to 45 miles

northwest of Carbondale IL. For a complete depiction of the watch

see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



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 678...WW 679...WW 680...



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

surface and aloft to 1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean

storm motion vector 25035.



...Edwards

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