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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 403

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

145 PM EDT Fri Jul 7 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Far eastern Illinois

  Indiana



* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 145 PM until

  900 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts

    to 75 mph possible

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Scattered storms should consolidate into a

southeast-moving line later this afternoon with damaging winds and

severe hail as the main hazards.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60

statute miles either side of a line from 50 miles west southwest of

Valparaiso IN to 55 miles east of Bloomington IN. 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 401...WW 402...



AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector

31030.



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