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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 295

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

435 PM CDT Wed May 29 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  West Central Illinois

  East Central Missouri



* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 435 PM

  until 1100 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter likely

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will spread northeastward across the watch

area this afternoon and evening, with a few intense cells capable of

damaging winds and large hail.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65

statute miles north and south of a line from 25 miles south of

Jefferson City MO to 10 miles east of Salem IL. 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 289...WW 291...WW

292...WW 293...WW 294...



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

24025.



...Hart

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