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Tornado Watch 401
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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 401
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1125 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          FAR NORTHERN ILLINOIS
          SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN
          LAKE MICHIGAN
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 1125 PM
   UNTIL 400 AM CDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
   TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES
   NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF MADISON
   WISCONSIN TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF MILWAUKEE WISCONSIN.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).
   
   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 396...WW 397...WW 399...WW
   400...
   
   DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS/POSSIBLE SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO SPREAD
   INTO/DEVELOP OVER WW AREA THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY AS WARM ADVECTION AND
   SHEAR STRENGTHEN DOWNSTREAM FROM POTENT CNTRL NEB SHORTWAVE TROUGH. 
   LOW LEVEL DIRECTIONAL SHEAR INVOF RESIDUAL W/E BOUNDARY OVER NRN IL
   MAY ENHANCE POTENTIAL FOR LOW LEVEL STORM ROTATION/ISOLATED
   TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO HAIL/WIND.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 23035.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
   
   
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