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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 412
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 412
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   320 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2016

   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

   * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
     EASTERN IOWA
     NORTHERN ILLINOIS
     SOUTHERN WISCONSIN
     LAKE MICHIGAN

   * EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 320 PM UNTIL
     1000 PM CDT.

   * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
     SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2
       INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
     ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
     A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE

   SUMMARY...STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN WILL
   CONTINUE DEVELOPING EASTWARD TOWARD LAKE MICHIGAN...WHILE NEW
   INTENSE STORMS OVER NORTHEAST IOWA ARE EXPECTED TO ORGANIZE INTO A
   LINE AND PROGRESS EASTWARD THROUGH THE EVENING.  DAMAGING WIND GUSTS
   AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS.

   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55
   STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST
   OF CEDAR RAPIDS IOWA TO 40 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF RACINE
   WISCONSIN.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

   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.

   &&

   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 411...

   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 550. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 26025.


   ...WEISS
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