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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 129
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Low Low

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   SEL9

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 129
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   635 PM CDT Thu Apr 18 2024

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Southern Illinois
     Southwest Indiana
     Western Kentucky
     Southeast Missouri

   * Effective this Thursday night and Friday morning from 635 PM
     until 200 AM CDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
     Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
     A tornado or two possible

   SUMMARY...Severe storms will continue to steadily move eastward
   across the region, initially across southern Illinois and southeast
   Missouri, reaching southwest Indiana/western Kentucky by mid to late
   evening.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 85
   statute miles east and west of a line from 35 miles south southwest
   of Paducah KY to 5 miles east northeast of Terre Haute IN. For a
   complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
   update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).

   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 125...WW 126...WW
   127...WW 128...

   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 500. Mean storm motion vector
   27035.

   ...Guyer
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