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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 332

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

305 PM CDT Wed Jun 5 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Southern Illinois

  Southern Indiana

  Central Kentucky



* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 305 PM

  until 1000 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms developing over southern Illinois will track

southeastward across the watch area this afternoon, posing a risk of

damaging wind gusts and hail.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 40

statute miles north and south of a line from 25 miles northwest of

Carbondale IL to 35 miles east of Louisville KY. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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 329...WW 330...WW 331...



AVIATION...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 500. Mean storm motion vector

29030.



...Hart

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