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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 145

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

340 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI



* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 340 PM UNTIL

  900 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...A FAST-MOVING BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST-CENTRAL MO

WILL TRACK SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND

EARLY EVENING.  LOCALLY GUSTY/DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG

THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STORMS...ALONG WITH SOME HAIL.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH

NORTHWEST OF SAINT LOUIS MISSOURI TO 65 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 143...WW 144...



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 30035.





...HART

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