Severe Thunderstorm Watch 8/1/24

 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.