weather Severe Thunderstorm Watch WKY(canceled)

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

Northeastern Arkansas

Southern Illinois

Extreme southwestern Indiana

Western Kentucky

Southeastern Missouri

Northwestern Tennessee

* Effective this Thursday afternoon and Friday morning from 530

PM until 100 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...A complex of severe thunderstorms, with a history of

damaging/severe gusts, is expected to maintain wind-damage potential

as it moves through a favorably moist/unstable air mass across the

watch area this evening.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75

statute miles either side of a line from 15 miles east northeast of

Evansville IN to 40 miles southwest of Poplar Bluff MO. For a

complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline

update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

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.es.

It got pretty wicked here in WKY. Power out all across the area.

It got pretty wicked here in WKY. Power out all across the area.

Praying everything is alright your way.

Praying everything is alright your way.

Pretty much. Several trees down across the area. We were without power for about 8 hours. A 25 minute drive took me a hour last night due to trees over the road. I had to reroute 3 times.