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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 333

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

155 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHEASTERN IOWA

  NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  NORTHWESTERN INDIANA

  LAKE MICHIGAN



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 155 AM UNTIL 900 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 75

    MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...TWO INITIALLY SEPARATE COMPLEXES OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS

WILL CONTINUE TO MERGE...WITH THE RESULTING STORMS MOVING GENERALLY

SOUTHEASTWARD INTO AND ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.  DAMAGING GUSTS REMAIN

THE MAIN SEVERE-WEATHER CONCERN THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE

PRE-DAWN HOURS.  SEE SPC MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1159 FOR INITIAL

METEOROLOGICAL DETAILS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65

STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF

BURLINGTON IOWA TO 65 MILES EAST OF MARSEILLES ILLINOIS.  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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 330...WW 331...WW 332...



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

TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 600. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 30035.





...EDWARDS

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