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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 162

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

505 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  FAR SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS

  FAR SOUTHWEST INDIANA

  WESTERN AND SOUTH-CENTRAL KENTUCKY

  NORTHWESTERN TENNESSEE



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 505 PM UNTIL

  1100 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING A FEW

SUPERCELLS WITH A RISK FOR TORNADOES...LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND AND

HAIL...EXPECTED TO PERSIST OVER WATCH AREA THROUGH

MID-EVENING...WITH EASTWARD MOVEMENT / DEVELOPMENT EXPECTED OVER

TIME.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 105 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF

OWENSBORO KENTUCKY TO 40 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF CLARKSVILLE

TENNESSEE.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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 159...WW 160...



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27030.





...CORFIDI

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