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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 248

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

650 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL AND EASTERN WISCONSIN



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 650 PM

  UNTIL 200 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTH

NORTHWEST OF GREEN BAY WISCONSIN TO 30 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

JANESVILLE WISCONSIN.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE

THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 239...WW 240...WW

241...WW 242...WW 243...WW 244...WW 245...WW 246...WW 247...



DISCUSSION...THE MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM...NOW NORTHEAST OF THE

MISSISSIPPI RIVER...LIKELY WILL MAINTAIN INTENSITY ANOTHER COUPLE OF

HOURS WITH A RISK FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ACROSS CENTRAL INTO

EASTERN WISCONSIN...BEFORE ENCOUNTERING COOLER MORE STABLE AIR

EMANATING FROM LAKE MICHIGAN AND WEAKENING.



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 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 24035.





...KERR

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