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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 566
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WW0566 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
High Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Low Very Low

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   SEL6

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 566
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   600 PM CST Wed Dec 15 2021

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Northwest Arkansas
     West Central Illinois
     Southeast Kansas
     Central and Southwest Missouri
     Northeast Oklahoma

   * Effective this Wednesday night from 600 PM until Midnight CST.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
       to 75 mph possible
     Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible
     A tornado or two possible

   SUMMARY...A line of thunderstorms over eastern Kansas will track
   eastward across the watch area this evening.  The strongest cores
   along the line will pose a risk of locally damaging wind gusts.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70
   statute miles east and west of a line from 40 miles north northwest
   of Quincy IL to 40 miles southwest of Grove OK. For a complete
   depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
   (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

   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 563...WW 564...WW 565...

   AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
   1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A few
   cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
   24040.

   ...Hart
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