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SEL4 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Tornado Watch Number 314 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 235 AM CDT Sun May 26 2024 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Tornado Watch for portions of Northern Arkansas Southern Illinois Western Kentucky South-central and southeastern Missouri Northwestern Tennessee * Effective this Sunday morning from 235 AM until 1000 AM CDT. * Primary threats include... A few tornadoes and a couple intense tornadoes possible Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5 inches in diameter possible SUMMARY...Severe thunderstorms (including a supercell with a history of tornadoes now just west of the AR part of the watch) should continue to shift eastward and develop anew, affecting areas from the Ozarks toward the lowest Ohio Valley through midmorning. All severe hazards are possible. The tornado watch area is approximately along and 70 statute miles north and south of a line from 25 miles south of Springfield MO to 35 miles east of Paducah KY. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4). 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. && OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 311...WW 313... AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector 27035. ...Edwards