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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 194

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

425 PM EDT Sun May 19 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  East Central Illinois

  Much of Indiana

  Southern Lower Michigan

  Lake Michigan



* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 425 PM until

  1000 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...A line of thunderstorms will track eastward across the

watch area this afternoon and early evening, posing a risk of

locally damaging wind gusts and hail.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50

statute miles east and west of a line from 40 miles south southwest

of Bloomington IN to 25 miles northeast of Grand Rapids MI. For a

complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline

update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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 192...WW 193...



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

1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector

24035.



...Hart

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