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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 169

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

625 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

  SOUTHERN INDIANA

  KENTUCKY



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 625 PM

  UNTIL 200 AM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER

    POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST OF

EVANSVILLE INDIANA TO 55 MILES NORTH OF BRISTOL TENNESSEE.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 164...WW 165...WW

166...WW 167...WW 168...



DISCUSSION...SEVERE TSTMS ONGOING TO THE NORTH OF THE OH RIVER ARE

EXPECTED TO ACCELERATE SEWD ACROSS WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON INTO

TONIGHT. A MIXTURE OF SUPERCELLS AND BOWING STRUCTURES WILL BE

POSSIBLE WITH THE PRIMARY HAZARDS BEING VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING

WIND GUSTS.



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 32030.





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