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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 136

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

800 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EASTERN ILLINOIS

  CENTRAL INDIANA



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT FROM 800 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING

WINDS ARE DEVELOPING OVER EASTERN IL...AND WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE

WATCH AREA THIS EVENING.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 40

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTH OF

INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA TO 65 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE

INDIANA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 133...WW 134...WW 135...



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 27030.





...HART

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