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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 359
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WW0359 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   SEL9
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 359
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   340 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          EXTREME SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
          EXTREME WESTERN KENTUCKY
          SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 340 PM UNTIL
   1100 PM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTHWEST
   OF FARMINGTON MISSOURI TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF PADUCAH KENTUCKY.
    FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).
   
   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.
   
   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 355...WW 356...WW
   357...WW 358...
   
   DISCUSSION...ISOLATED SUPERCELLS ALONG THE STALLED FRONT WILL DRIFT
   EWD ACROSS SE MO FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  THE INITIAL STORMS COULD
   POSE A THREAT FOR AN ISOLATED/BRIEF TORNADO...BUT RELATIVELY WEAK
   LOW-LEVEL SHEAR SUGGESTS THAT LARGE HAIL IS THE MAIN THREAT AND THAT
   THE TORNADO THREAT WILL REMAIN LIMITED.  OTHERWISE...THE LONGER-TERM
   SEVERE THREAT WILL LIKELY FOCUS ON MERGING CONVECTION IN CENTRAL MO
   WHICH MAY EVOLVE INTO A FORWARD-PROPAGATING MCS WITH AN ACCOMPANYING
   THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS AS IT APPROACHES SE MO/SRN IL/WRN KY LATER
   THIS EVENING.
   
   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 27020.
   
   
   ...THOMPSON
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