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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 158
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WW0158 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
High Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
High Moderate

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   SEL8

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 158
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   1145 AM CDT Sun May 3 2020

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Northeast Arkansas
     Extreme Southern Illinois
     Western Kentucky
     Southeast Missouri
     West Tennessee

   * Effective this Sunday morning and evening from 1145 AM until
     600 PM CDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Widespread damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
     Scattered large hail likely with isolated very large hail events
       to 2 inches in diameter possible

   SUMMARY...A fast-moving line of severe thunderstorms over southern
   Missouri will track eastward across the watch area this afternoon,
   posing a risk of damaging wind gusts and hail.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
   statute miles north and south of a line from 20 miles southwest of
   West Plains MO to 20 miles southeast of Clarksville TN. For a
   complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
   update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

   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...CONTINUE...WW 157...

   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
   27045.

   ...Hart
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