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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 558

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

910 AM CST WED DEC 23 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHEAST ARKANSAS

  SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

  FAR SOUTHWEST INDIANA

  WESTERN KENTUCKY

  SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

  NORTHWEST TENNESSEE



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 910 AM

  UNTIL 500 PM CST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES AND A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS

    TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...TWO LINES OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS SHOULD AFFECT THE

REGION INTO THE AFTERNOON WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES AS THE

MAIN HAZARDS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF CHAMPAIGN

ILLINOIS TO 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DYERSBURG TENNESSEE.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 557...



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

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

GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21045.





...GRAMS

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