URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 580
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   155 PM EDT Wed Jul 31 2024

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

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

   * Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 155 PM
     until 800 PM EDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

   SUMMARY...A developing cluster of thunderstorms should continue to
   strengthen and pose a threat for mainly severe/damaging winds up to
   55-70 mph as it moves east-southeastward this afternoon and early
   evening.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50
   statute miles north and south of a line from 40 miles north 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 WOU0).

   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.
 

The Severe Thunderstorm Watch area has just been expanded.