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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 335

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1050 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHEAST ARKANSAS

  SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

  WESTERN KENTUCKY

  SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

  WEST TENNESSEE



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1050 AM

  UNTIL 500 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS

    TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...S CENTRAL MO SQUALL LINE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN STRENGTH

AND MOVE GENERALLY EAST THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON...WITH ADDITIONAL

DEVELOPMENT POSSIBLE ALONG SOUTHERN END WITH TIME. POTENTIAL WILL

EXIST FOR A FEW SWATHS OF DAMAGING WIND...AND A TORNADO OR TWO.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 100

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF

FARMINGTON MISSOURI TO 40 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF JONESBORO

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

TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 27040.





...CORFIDI

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