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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 245

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

350 PM CDT Wed Jun 3 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  West-central to  southwest Illinois

  Far east-central Kansas

  Central Missouri



* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 350 PM

  until 1000 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Pulse to multicell clusters should propagate in multiple

directions along a confluence corridor across central Missouri into

west-central and southwest Illinois this evening. Damaging winds and

hail will be the primary hazards.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50

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

Kansas City MO to 55 miles northeast of Scott Afb 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 243...WW 244...



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

1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 600. Mean storm motion vector

34015.



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