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WWUS20 KWNS 262212
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SPC WW 262212
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 516
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
510 PM CDT SUN JUL 26 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
SOUTHWEST INDIANA
WESTERN INTO CENTRAL KENTUCKY
* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON FROM 510 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY
ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO CONTINUE TO
DEVELOP AND INTENSIFY THROUGH THE EARLY AND MID EVENING. A COUPLE
OF THE STRONGER STORMS WILL PROBABLY ACQUIRE SUPERCELL STRUCTURE AND
POSE A RISK FOR LARGE HAIL, DAMAGING GUSTS, AND PERHAPS A TORNADO
THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. AS ADDITIONAL STORMS DEVELOP AND OUTFLOW
BECOMES MORE PREVALENT, STRONG TO SEVERE GUSTS (55 TO 70 MPH)
CAPABLE OF WIND DAMAGE WILL BECOME THE PRIMARY SEVERE HAZARD TOWARDS
THE MID TO LATE EVENING.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF
SALEM IL TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOWLING GREEN KY. 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.
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
33025.
...SMITH
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