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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 135

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1250 PM CDT FRI MAY 9 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

  FAR SOUTHWEST INDIANA

  WESTERN KENTUCKY

  EAST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1250 PM UNTIL

  800 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES WEST OF

FARMINGTON MISSOURI TO 70 MILES EAST OF MOUNT VERNON ILLINOIS.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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 134...



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING SUPERCELLS AND BOWING

STRUCTURES...ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD EAST AND NORTHEAST

ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON INTO EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND

DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS...THOUGH A TORNADO

IS POSSIBLE.



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 25030.





...MEAD

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