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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 396

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

605 PM CDT WED JUL 8 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

  SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA

  WESTERN KENTUCKY

  SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 605 PM

  UNTIL 100 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE IS INCREASING IN AN ENVIRONMENT OF

STRONG LOW-LEVEL SHEAR AND RICH MOISTURE ALREADY FAVORABLE FOR A FEW

TORNADOES...GIVEN SUSTAINED THUNDERSTORMS THAT NOW APPEAR PROBABLE.

ISOLATED NON-TORNADIC WIND DAMAGE ALSO IS POSSIBLE.  SEVERE-STORM

POTENTIAL SHOULD PEAK WITHIN THE NEXT 3-4 HOURS THEN GRADUALLY

DIMINISH.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50 STATUTE

MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

FARMINGTON MISSOURI TO 35 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF OWENSBORO

KENTUCKY.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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 395...



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25030.





...EDWARDS

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