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Tornado Watch 314
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WW0314 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Moderate
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Tornado Watch Number 314
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   235 AM CDT Sun May 26 2024

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Tornado Watch for portions of 
     Northern Arkansas
     Southern Illinois
     Western Kentucky
     South-central and southeastern Missouri
     Northwestern Tennessee

   * Effective this Sunday morning from 235 AM until 1000 AM CDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     A few tornadoes and a couple intense tornadoes possible
     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
     Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5
       inches in diameter possible

   SUMMARY...Severe thunderstorms (including a supercell with a history
   of tornadoes now just west of the AR part of the watch) should
   continue to shift eastward and develop anew, affecting areas from
   the Ozarks toward the lowest Ohio Valley through midmorning.  All
   severe hazards are possible.

   The tornado watch area is approximately along and 70 statute miles
   north and south of a line from 25 miles south of Springfield MO to
   35 miles east of Paducah KY. For a complete depiction of the watch
   see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).

   PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

   REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for
   tornadoes and 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.

   &&

   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 311...WW 313...

   AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
   surface and aloft to 2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
   gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean
   storm motion vector 27035.

   ...Edwards
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