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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 413

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

400 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EASTERN IOWA

  NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  NORTHWEST INDIANA

  LAKE MICHIGAN



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 400 PM UNTIL

  1100 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 3

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH

LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING ACROSS FAR EASTERN IOWA AND MUCH OF

NORTHERN/CENTRAL ILLINOIS INTO NORTHWEST INDIANA. SUPERCELLS CAPABLE

OF LARGE HAIL AND A COUPLE OF TORNADOES WILL INITIALLY BE

POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY IN AREAS NEAR A REMNANT OUTFLOW BOUNDARY.

LATER THIS EVENING A MORE WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WIND RISK MAY EVOLVE.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 110 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF

ROCKFORD ILLINOIS TO 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON

ILLINOIS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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 410...WW 411...WW 412...



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 30030.





...GUYER

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