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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 74

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

615 PM EDT Sun Mar 22 2026



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 

  Southern Illinois

  Central and Southern Indiana

  Northern Kentucky



* Effective this Sunday night and Monday morning from 615 PM

  until 100 AM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Strong to severe thunderstorms are expected to develop

this evening near/just north of a southeast-moving front, with

unseasonably steep lapse rates and strong deep-layer winds being

supportive of severe storms capable of large hail and damaging

winds.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60

statute miles north and south of a line from 20 miles west of Mount

Vernon IL to 55 miles south of Muncie IN. For a complete depiction

of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS

WOU4).



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 72...WW 73...



AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector

30025.



...Guyer