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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 362

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

710 PM CDT Sat Jun 15 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Southeast Iowa

  Northwest and Western Illinois

  Far Eastern Kansas

  Northern Missouri



* Effective this Saturday night and Sunday morning from 710 PM

  until 200 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Multiple corridors of storms will spread

east/southeastward across the region this evening with damaging

winds and severe hail the primary risks.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60

statute miles north and south of a line from 5 miles northwest of

Olathe KS to 40 miles north northeast of Peoria IL. 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 359...WW 360...WW 361...



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 550. Mean storm motion vector

29030.



...Guyer

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