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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 115

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

805 PM CDT Tue Apr 30 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Southwest Illinois

  Southeast Missouri



* Effective this Tuesday night and Wednesday morning from 805 PM

  until 300 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Another round of severe storms may increase near/south of

a warm front tonight as this warm front extends from southeast

Missouri into southwest Illinois. A couple of semi-discrete

supercells could initially pose a severe storm/tornado risk into

southeast Missouri this evening, while a line of storms otherwise

reaches the region later this evening/early in the overnight.

Damaging winds and a couple of tornadoes are the main expected

impacts.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 55 statute miles

north and south of a line from 60 miles southwest of Farmington MO

to 15 miles south of Salem IL. For a complete depiction of the watch

see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for

tornadoes and 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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 111...WW 112...WW

113...WW 114...



AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean

storm motion vector 25030.



...Guyer

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