SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 522
SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 522
[html]WW 522 SEVERE TSTM IL 201945Z - 210200Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 522
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
245 PM CDT Sat Aug 20 2022
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Central Illinois
* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 245 PM until
900 PM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
inches in diameter possible
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY...Scattered severe thunderstorms will move east across the
watch area through early evening with a risk for large hail and
damaging winds. A tornado or two will also be possible.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55
statute miles north and south of a line from 40 miles west southwest
of Peoria IL to 15 miles east northeast of Mattoon IL. For a
co*plete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
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
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
26025.
...Bunting
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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 522 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0522.html)