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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 331

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

950 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EASTERN IOWA

  NORTHERN ILLINOIS

  CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 950 PM

  UNTIL 500 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS

    TO 80 MPH POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...A FAST-MOVING CONVECTIVE LINE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE

SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN AND FAR

NORTHEAST IOWA...WHILE EVENTUALLY REACHING NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND

ADDITIONAL PORTIONS OF EASTERN IOWA DURING THE OVERNIGHT. WIDESPREAD

DAMAGING WINDS ARE A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN...WHILE A LINE-EMBEDDED

TORNADO OR TWO MAY ALSO OCCUR.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 95

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES EAST

NORTHEAST OF MADISON WISCONSIN TO 75 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF

CEDAR RAPIDS IOWA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



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 324...WW 326...WW

328...WW 329...WW 330...



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

TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70

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

MOTION VECTOR 31045.





...GUYER

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