WW 35 SEVERE TSTM IL MO 132050Z – 140400Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 35
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
350 PM CDT Wed Mar 13 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Southwest Illinois
Central and Eastern Missouri
* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 350 PM
until 1100 PM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered large hail likely with isolated very large hail events
to 2 inches in diameter possible
Isolated damaging wind gusts to 60 mph possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY...Widely scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are
expected to increase across the region late this afternoon through
early evening, including parts of the I-70/I-55 corridors. Large
hail is expected to be the most common risk, with some potential for
damaging winds and possibly a tornado into early evening.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50
statute miles north and south of a line from 25 miles west of
Columbia MO to 20 miles east of Scott Afb IL. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
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.
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AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 50 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector
22025.
...Guyer
