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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 168

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1245 PM CDT Sun Jun 10 2018



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Central and southern Illinois



* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 1245 PM until

  800 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Line of strong storms over west-central Illinois should

intensify as it moves east-southeast towards the Indiana border this

afternoon. Damaging winds are the primary hazard.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55

statute miles either side of a line from 25 miles west southwest of

Peoria IL to 35 miles east southeast of Mattoon IL. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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

30035.



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