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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 119

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

320 PM CDT Tue Apr 16 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 

  Southern Illinois

  Southeast Missouri



* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 320 PM until

  900 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible

  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Strong to severe storms will continue to move

east-northeastward across the region this afternoon, with damaging

winds and hail as the primary risks.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55

statute miles east and west of a line from 45 miles west northwest

of Mattoon IL to 40 miles southwest of Farmington MO. 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 116...WW 117...WW 118...



AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector

24035.



...Guyer