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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 481
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1222 PM CDT FRI JUN 23 2000

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

   WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
   NORTHERN MISSOURI

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON FROM 1230 PM UNTIL 500 PM CDT.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 110 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPICKARD
MISSOURI TO 50 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF KIRKSVILLE MISSOURI.

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.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...  CONTINUE...WW 480...

DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS FORMING ON SRN FRINGE OF IA MCV
CIRCULATION EXPECTED TO MOVE/DEVELOP ESE INO UNSTABLE AIR OVER
NRN/ERN MO.  SEWD MOTION SHOULD INTENSIFY AS ACTIVITY SPREADS EWD
BENEATH FLOW THAT BECOMES INCREASINGLY NWLY TOWARD AND E OF THE MS
RIVER.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550.  MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 28030.

...CORFIDI

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