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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 436

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

130 PM CDT SAT JUL 18 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  FAR EASTERN IOWA

  NORTHERN ILLINOIS

  NORTHWEST INDIANA

  SOUTHERN AND EASTERN WISCONSIN

  LAKE MICHIGAN



* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 130 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE/STRENGTH

OVER SOUTHERN WI OVER THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS...WITH OTHER DEVELOPMENT

POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON OVER FAR EASTERN IA AND NORTHERN IL.

POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR SUPERCELLS WITH DAMAGING WIND...HAIL...AND

POSSIBLY A FEW TORNADOES THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT...WITH THE TORNADO

THREAT GREATEST OVER SOUTHERN/EASTERN WI AND NORTHERN IL THIS

AFTERNOON.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF

LONEROCK WISCONSIN TO 50 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF VALPARAISO

INDIANA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 28030.





...CORFIDI

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