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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 125

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1255 PM CDT Thu Apr 18 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 

  Central and Southern Illinois

  Extreme Southeast Kansas

  Central and Southern Missouri



* Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 1255 PM

  until 800 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter likely

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorm coverage and intensity is expected to

increase over the next few hours along and ahead of a cold front

moving southeastward through the region. Environmental conditions

support strong to severe storms. Storms along the front will likely

grow into a convective line, with damaging gusts from 45 to 65 mph

as the primary hazard. More cellular development is possible ahead

of the line, with large hail up to 2" in diameter as the primary

hazard. A tornado or two is also possible, particularly within

intense portions of the convective line.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70

statute miles north and south of a line from 20 miles north

northwest of Joplin MO to 20 miles east southeast of Salem IL. For a

complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline

update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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

2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A

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

25035.



...Mosier