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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 196

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

135 PM CDT Thu Jun 21 2018



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  northeast Arkansas

  southern Illinois

  western Kentucky

  southeast Missouri

  northern Mississippi

  western Tennessee



* Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 135 PM until

  900 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Storms are expected to increase in coverage and intensity

along a cold front with a few supercells and line segments capable

of mainly damaging wind gusts and some hail through early evening.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 95

statute miles east and west of a line from 35 miles northeast of

Cape Girardeau MO to 30 miles west of Oxford MS. 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.



&&



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 500. Mean storm motion vector

28035.



...Dial

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971 

WWUS20 KWNS 211837

SEL6

SPC WW 211837

ARZ000-ILZ000-KYZ000-MOZ000-MSZ000-TNZ000-220200-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 196

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

135 PM CDT Thu Jun 21 2018



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  northeast Arkansas

  southern Illinois

  western Kentucky

  southeast Missouri

  northern Mississippi

  western Tennessee



* Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 135 PM until

  900 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Storms are expected to increase in coverage and intensity

along a cold front with a few supercells and line segments capable

of mainly damaging wind gusts and some hail through early evening.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 95

statute miles east and west of a line from 35 miles northeast of

Cape Girardeau MO to 30 miles west of Oxford MS. 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.



&&



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 500. Mean storm motion vector

28035.



...Dial

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