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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 136

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1030 AM CDT Thu May 31 2018



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Southeast Illinois

  Southern Indiana

  Northern Kentucky



* Effective this Thursday morning and afternoon from 1030 AM

  until 500 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



SUMMARY...A cluster of fast-moving thunderstorms over southern

Illinois will track eastward across the watch area today, posing a

risk of locally damaging wind gusts and hail.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60

statute miles either side of a line from 45 miles west northwest of

Evansville IN to 50 miles north northeast of Louisville KY. 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.



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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

26035.



...Hart

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