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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 43

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

130 PM CDT Thu Mar 14 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of 

  northwestern Arkansas

  central and southern Illinois

  far southeastern Kansas

  southern/central/eastern Missouri



* Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 130 PM until

  900 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes likely

  Widespread large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3

    inches in diameter likely

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Strong/severe thunderstorms will develop across/spread

into Missouri and northwestern Arkansas over the next one to two

hours, expanding eastward across Illinois with time.  Along with

potential for tornadoes, very large hail is expected.  Locally

damaging winds will also be possible, particularly as storms become

more clustered later this afternoon and this evening.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 90 statute miles

north and south of a line from 25 miles south southwest of Joplin MO

to 10 miles east of Mattoon IL. For a complete depiction of the

watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for

tornadoes and 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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 41...WW 42...



AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean

storm motion vector 25040.



...Goss