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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 214

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1125 AM CDT Thu May 27 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Central and Southern Illinois

  Central and Southern Missouri



* Effective this Thursday morning and evening from 1125 AM until

  700 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are developing along a line from southwest

Missouri into central Illinois.  These storms will move

east-southeastward through the afternoon, posing a risk of large

hail and damaging winds.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60

statute miles north and south of a line from 20 miles south of

Joplin MO to 35 miles east of Mattoon IL. 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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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

28030.



...Hart

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