WW 646 SEVERE TSTM MO 140500Z – 141000Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 646 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1200 AM CDT Mon Aug 14 2023 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Southeast Missouri * Effective this Monday morning from Midnight until 500 AM CDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible SUMMARY...Clusters of storms in Missouri will spread eastward overnight, with some continuing potential for at least isolated wind damage and large hail. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 25 statute miles east and west of a line from 20 miles west of Farmington MO to 25 miles southwest of Poplar Bluff MO. 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 644...WW 645... AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector 27025. ...Thompson
