SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 588

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WW 588 SEVERE TSTM IL IN KY OH 011710Z - 020000Z

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 588
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
110 PM EDT Thu Aug 1 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Southeast Illinois
  Southern Indiana
  Western and Central Kentucky
  Far Southwest Ohio

* Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 110 PM until
  800 PM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
  Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...A cluster of thunderstorms over southern Illinois should
further intensify this afternoon as it spreads eastward across parts
of the Lower Ohio Valley. Scattered severe/damaging winds up to
60-70 mph should be the main threat, but an line-embedded tornado or
two may also occur.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles north and south of a line from 75 miles west northwest
of Evansville IN to 20 miles east northeast of Lexington KY. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

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
1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few
cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
27035.

...Gleason

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