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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 317

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

225 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

  SOUTHWEST INDIANA

  WESTERN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY

  SOUTHEAST MISSOURI



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 225 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS IN SHORT LINES AND CLUSTERS EXPECTED TO

FORM/INCREASE OVER WATCH AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. SOME

STORMS...POTENTIALLY INCLUDING A FEW SUPERCELLS...COULD PRODUCE

LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND AND A COUPLE TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO VERY

HEAVY RAIN AND MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 70 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF

EVANSVILLE INDIANA TO 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PADUCAH KENTUCKY.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND

GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25025.





...CORFIDI

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