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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 483
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
317 PM CDT FRI JUN 23 2000

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

   CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
   NORTHERN AND EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 345 PM UNTIL 800
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 125 STATUTE MILES
EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF SAINT LOUIS
MISSOURI TO 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD ILLINOIS.

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...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 481.  WATCH NUMBER 481 WILL NOT BE
IN EFFECT AFTER 345 PM CDT.  CONTINUE...WW 480...WW 482...

DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING SUPERCELLS WITH EMBEDDED
BOWS...EXPECTED TO MOVE/DEVELOP E/SE ACROSS THE MID MS VLY THIS
EVENING AS WARM ADVECTION CONTINUES INVOF STALLED FRONT.

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 29025.

...CORFIDI

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