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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 585
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WW0585 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Low Low

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   SEL5
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 585
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   250 PM CDT WED JUL 15 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 250 PM UNTIL
   900 PM CDT.
   
   HAIL TO 1.5 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 40
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES WEST
   NORTHWEST OF WEST PLAINS MISSOURI TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF CAPE
   GIRARDEAU MISSOURI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE
   THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
   
   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.
   
   DISCUSSION...MULTICELL CLUSTER OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY
   THIS AFTERNOON WHILE SPREADING EWD/ESEWD ACROSS S CENTRAL AND SE MO
   IN ADVANCE OF A REMNANT MCV.  A BELT OF 30-40 KT MID LEVEL FLOW WITH
   THE MCV AND MLCAPE AOA 3000 J/KG WILL SUPPORT A THREAT FOR DAMAGING
   DOWNBURST WINDS AND ISOLATED LARGE HAIL.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 29025.
   
   
   ...THOMPSON
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