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WWUS20 KWNS 180854

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SPC WW 180854

WIZ000-LMZ000-181400-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 435

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

355 AM CDT SAT JUL 18 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL AND EASTERN WISCONSIN

  LAKE MICHIGAN



* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING FROM 355 AM UNTIL 900 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 75

    MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAS PRODUCED NUMEROUS

DAMAGING-WIND REPORTS OVER SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN

WISCONSIN MAY REMAIN NEAR SEVERE LIMITS...WITH AT LEAST WIDELY

SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND AS IT MOVES EAST OF WATCH 434.  FOR

METEOROLOGICAL DETAILS SEE SPC MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1460.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES EAST

SOUTHEAST OF MADISON WISCONSIN TO 30 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF

GREEN BAY WISCONSIN.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE

THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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 434...



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS.

A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM MOTION

VECTOR 28040.





...EDWARDS

