WW 224 SEVERE TSTM IL MO 142000Z – 150300Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 224 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 300 PM CDT Sun May 14 2023 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Southern and Central Illinois Central and Eastern Missouri * Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 300 PM until 1000 PM CDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible SUMMARY...Clusters of storms will continue to develop and intensify initially across east-central Missouri, as well as west-central/southwest Illinois this afternoon. The strongest storms will be capable of large hail and locally damaging winds. Over time, one or more semi-clusters of southeastward-moving storms could evolve by late afternoon/early evening with a continued damaging wind risk. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 80 statute miles east and west of a line from 25 miles north northwest of Quincy IL to 10 miles west of Carbondale IL. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4). 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. && AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector 30020. ...Guyer
