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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 215

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1025 PM CDT Wed May 22 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Illinois

  Far northwest Indiana

  East-central Missouri



* Effective this Wednesday night and Thursday morning from 1025

  PM until 500 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes and a couple intense tornadoes possible

  Widespread damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts

    to 80 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Clusters of supercells and linear bowing segments should

consolidate and spread east overnight. Damaging winds and a few

tornadoes are the primary hazards.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 75 statute miles

east and west of a line from 40 miles south southwest of Saint Louis

MO to 70 miles north northwest of Danville 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 212...WW 213...WW 214...



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

surface and aloft to 1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 70 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean

storm motion vector 26040.



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