Severe Thunderstorm Watch(WKY)

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 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 118
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   1235 PM CDT Wed Apr 28 2021

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Southern Illinois
     Western Kentucky
     Southeast Missouri

   * Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 1235 PM
     until 800 PM CDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
     Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
     A tornado or two possible

   SUMMARY...A long-lived cluster of thunderstorms over south-central
   Missouri will track eastward across the watch area, while new storms
   intensify ahead of it.  Damaging winds and hail are the primary
   threats, although a tornado or two cannot be ruled out.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 40
   statute miles north and south of a line from 50 miles west northwest
   of Poplar Bluff MO to 40 miles south southeast of Owensboro 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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The Storm Prediction Center has raised the threat level for western Kentucky to  a category 2 Slight Risk Area.