WW 515 SEVERE TSTM IL MO 031850Z – 040200Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 515 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 150 PM CDT Wed Aug 3 2022 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Central to southern Illinois East-central to south-central Missouri * Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 150 PM until 900 PM CDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible SUMMARY...Slow-moving clusters should develop along an outflow boundary and spread south-southeast into this evening. Damaging winds will be the primary hazard. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70 statute miles east and west of a line from 30 miles northwest of Champaign IL to 50 miles south of Fort Leonard Wood MO. 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. && OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 514... AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 600. Mean storm motion vector 34015. ...Grams
