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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 213

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1105 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 1105 PM

  UNTIL 300 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 40

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES WEST

NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD ILLINOIS TO 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF

SPRINGFIELD ILLINOIS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE

THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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 210...WW 211...WW 212...



DISCUSSION...CLUSTER OF STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS CROSSED THE

MS AND WILL TRACK EASTWARD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THROUGH EARLY

MORNING.  IT IS UNCERTAIN HOW FAR EAST THE STORMS WILL REMAIN

SEVERE...BUT POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS GUSTS

FOR A FEW MORE HOURS.



AVIATION...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 27035.





...HART

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