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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 114
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Initial List of Counties in Watch 114 (WOU)
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   SEL4
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 114
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   820 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          WESTERN ILLINOIS
          EASTERN MISSOURI
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 820 PM UNTIL
   200 AM CST.
   
   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 90
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTH
   NORTHWEST OF QUINCY ILLINOIS TO 45 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF SAINT
   LOUIS MISSOURI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
   
   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 111...WW 112...WW 113...
   
   DISCUSSION...BANDS OF STRONG/SEVERE STORMS OVER MO WILL SPREAD
   EASTWARD INTO WESTERN IL THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. 
   INSTABILITY WEAKENS WITH EASTWARD EXTENT...BUT STRONG LOW/MID LEVEL
   WIND FIELDS SUGGEST A CONTINUED THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL IN
   STRONGER CELLS.
   
   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 400. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 25040.
   
   
   ...HART
   
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