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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 107

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

135 PM CDT Sat May 19 2018



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Northeast Arkansas

  Western Kentucky

  South Central and Southeast Missouri

  West Tennessee



* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 135 PM until

  800 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Several clusters of strong to severe storms over southern

Missouri are expected to move toward the southeast this afternoon,

with additional storms continuing over west Tennessee.  Stronger

storms will produce strong wind gusts and large hail.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45

statute miles north and south of a line from 40 miles west northwest

of West Plains MO to 35 miles north northeast of Jackson TN. 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

1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector

28020.



...Weiss

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