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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 571
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
300 PM CDT Tue Jul 30 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Southern and Central Illinois
  Western Kentucky
  Central and Eastern Missouri

* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 300 PM until
  1000 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
    to 75 mph possible
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
    inches in diameter possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will likely continue to increase in coverage
and intensity this afternoon and evening. Both large hail and
severe/damaging winds should occur, with some potential for a swath
of severe winds up to 60-75 mph as convection spreads
east-southeastward. Scattered large hail up to 1-2 inches in
diameter may also occur with any more discrete thunderstorms.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 90
statute miles east and west of a line from 50 miles northwest of
Saint Louis MO to 30 miles south southwest of Paducah KY. For a
co*plete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).

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...c*NTINUE...WW 568...WW 570...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
31035.

...Gleason