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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 420
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
205 AM CDT TUE JUL 14 2015

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  EXTREME SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
  SOUTHWEST INDIANA
  PARTS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING FROM 205 AM UNTIL 700 AM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

SUMMARY...CLUSTERS OF STORMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND
SPREAD ESEWD/SEWD THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS FROM SE IL/SW
INDIANA INTO KY.  THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 40
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTH OF
MATTOON ILLINOIS TO 70 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY. 
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

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.

&&

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 419. WATCH NUMBER 419 WILL NOT
BE IN EFFECT AFTER 205 AM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 417...

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 600. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 31035.


...THOMPSON