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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 347

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1240 PM CDT THU JUL 7 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

  SOUTHERN INDIANA

  WESTERN AND SOUTHERN KENTUCKY

  FAR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1240 PM

  UNTIL 800 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...SOUTHERN IL/SE MO SQUALL LINE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE

EASTWARD WITH SOME INTENSIFICATION LIKELY. OTHER STORMS MAY FORM

AHEAD OF THE LINE INTO CENTRAL KY. STORMS MAY PRODUCE A FEW SWATHS

OF DAMAGING WIND AND PERHAPS MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL THROUGH EARLY

EVENING.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 100

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES WEST

NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT

CAMPBELL KENTUCKY.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



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 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.

A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION

VECTOR 27035.





...CORFIDI

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