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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 248

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1240 AM CDT Sun May 26 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Eastern Illinois

  Western Indiana



* Effective this Sunday morning from 1240 AM until 600 AM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...A well-organized band of storms will continue to pose an

isolated damaging wind risk along with hail overnight into western

Indiana.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 35

statute miles north and south of a line from 25 miles west northwest

of Champaign IL to 30 miles south of Lafayette IN. 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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 247...



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

27030.



...Guyer

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