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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 276

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

355 PM CDT Fri Jul 13 2018



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  northeast Iowa

  far northwest Illinois

  far southeast Minnesota

  southern Wisconsin

  Lake Michigan



* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 355 PM until

  1100 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Strong/locally severe thunderstorms will continue to

develop, and move east-northeast across the watch area this

afternoon and into this evening.  Locally damaging winds will be the

primary severe risk, along with some potential for hail.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55

statute miles north and south of a line from 80 miles southwest of

La Crosse WI to 30 miles north of Milwaukee WI. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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

1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector

25035.



...Goss

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