URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 431
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1235 PM CDT Sun Jul 2 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Northeast Arkansas
Southern Illinois
Southern Indiana
Western to central Kentucky
Southeast Missouri
Western to northern Tennessee
* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 1235 PM until
800 PM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
to 80 mph possible
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
inches in diameter possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY...Several multicell clusters with a few supercells are
expected this afternoon. These may congeal into a broader MCS with
embedded linear bowing structures, centered on central Kentucky
later today.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 80
statute miles north and south of a line from 25 miles southwest of
Poplar Bluff MO to 65 miles east southeast of Louisville KY. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).
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.