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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 164

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

255 PM CDT Mon May 4 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Northeast Arkansas

  Western Kentucky

  Southeast Missouri

  Northern Mississippi

  Western Tennessee



* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 255 PM until

  1000 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail likely with isolated very large hail events

    to 2 inches in diameter possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms over Missouri and Arkansas will track

southeastward across the watch area this afternoon and evening,

posing a risk of large hail and damaging wind gusts.  There is also

a low risk of a tornado or two over west TN along the warm front.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70

statute miles east and west of a line from 40 miles west northwest

of Cape Girardeau MO to 60 miles east southeast of Memphis TN. For a

complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline

update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 161...WW 162...WW 163...



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

28035.



...Hart

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