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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 253
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WW0253 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Very 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 253
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   100 PM CDT Sun Jul 1 2018

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Central and Northern Illinois
     Northwest Indiana
     Lake Michigan

   * Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 100 PM until
     800 PM CDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
     Isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible

   SUMMARY...Scattered thunderstorms will are developing over western
   Illinois and will spread across the watch area through the
   afternoon.  The most intense cells will pose a threat of damaging
   wind gusts and hail.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
   statute miles east and west of a line from 50 miles east northeast
   of Rockford IL to 55 miles west southwest of Mattoon IL. For a
   complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
   update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

   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 252...

   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
   25025.

   ...Hart
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