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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 65

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

545 PM CDT Fri Mar 27 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Extreme southwest Illinois

  Southeast Missouri



* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 545 PM until

  900 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5

    inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Long-lived elevated supercell with a history of

significant severe hail may persist into parts of southeast Missouri

this evening, before weakening.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45

statute miles east and west of a line from 40 miles west southwest

of Cape Girardeau MO to 30 miles north northwest of Farmington MO.

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 64...



AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 50 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector

25055.



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