URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 189
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
130 PM CDT Tue Apr 29 2025

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Southeast Illinois
  Southern Indiana
  Northwest Kentucky

* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 130 PM until
  800 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
    to 75 mph possible
  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...A cluster of thunderstorms over southeast Missouri will
track eastward through the afternoon, posing a risk of damaging wind
gusts and some hail.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55
statute miles north and south of a line from 5 miles north of
Carbondale IL to 35 miles north northeast of Louisville KY. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).

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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 187...WW 188...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
25035.

...Hart