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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 329

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

105 PM CDT Wed Jun 14 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Central Illinois

  Central Missouri



* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 105 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...Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms will affect the

watch area this afternoon and evening, posing a risk of hail and

damaging winds in the most intense storms.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 85

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

Noster MO to 40 miles east of Mattoon IL. 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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 328...



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

24030.



...Hart

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