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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 554

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

525 PM CDT THU OCT 31 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

  SOUTHERN INDIANA

  WESTERN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY

  SOUTHEAST MISSOURI



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 525

  PM UNTIL 100 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WITH A FEW SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 80

    MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF

POPLAR BLUFF MISSOURI TO 55 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE

KENTUCKY.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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 552...WW 553...



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE SLOWLY INTENSIFYING OVER SOUTHEAST

MO.  THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO ORGANIZE AND SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD

ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS EVENING.  WHILE THE AREAL COVERAGE OF

SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE LARGE...EXTREMELY STRONG WIND

FIELDS MAY COMPENSATE FOR WEAK INSTABILITY AND POSE A RISK OF AN

ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT WIND GUST OR TORNADO.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25040.





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