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TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 317
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
225 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
SOUTHWEST INDIANA
WESTERN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 225 PM UNTIL
1000 PM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS IN SHORT LINES AND CLUSTERS EXPECTED TO
FORM/INCREASE OVER WATCH AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. SOME
STORMS...POTENTIALLY INCLUDING A FEW SUPERCELLS...COULD PRODUCE
LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND AND A COUPLE TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO VERY
HEAVY RAIN AND MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 70 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
EVANSVILLE INDIANA TO 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PADUCAH KENTUCKY.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND 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.