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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 636
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
430 PM CST Tue Nov 18 2025

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Extreme Southern Illinois
  Western Kentucky
  Southeast Missouri
  Northwest Tennessee

* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 430 PM until
  1000 PM CST.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
    inches in diameter possible
  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...A cluster of intense thunderstorms will likely track
southeastward across the watch area this evening.  Large hail and
perhaps a tornado will be possible.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55
statute miles north and south of a line from 15 miles west of Poplar
Bluff MO to 65 miles southeast of Paducah KY. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

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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AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector
29030.

...Hart