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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 223

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

725 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHEAST ARKANSAS

  SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

  WESTERN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY

  SOUTHERN MISSOURI

  NORTHERN TENNESSEE



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 725 PM

  UNTIL 300 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS

    TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT

LEONARD WOOD MISSOURI TO 55 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF CROSSVILLE

TENNESSEE.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO

WATCH NUMBER 219. WATCH NUMBER 219 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER

725 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 218...WW 220...WW 221...WW 222...



DISCUSSION...TSTMS...INCLUDING A FEW SUPERCELLS/SUSTAINED

STORMS...EXPECTED TO PERSIST IN MODERATE...CONFLUENT...MOIST LOW-LVL

WSW FLOW BENEATH WRN EDGE OF WNWLY MID-LVL SPEED MAX. WHILE STORMS

ULTIMATELY SHOULD MERGE INTO CLUSTERS WITH A DIMINISHING THREAT FOR

LOW-LVL ROTATION/TORNADOES LATER THIS EVE...AN SPORADIC TORNADO

THREAT COULD PERSIST OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...WITH A CONTINUING

RISK FOR LARGE HAIL/LOCALLY DMGG WIND.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 30025.





...CORFIDI

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