SPC Tornado Watch 163
SPC Tornado Watch 163
[html]WW 163 TORNADO IL WI 301845Z - 010100Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 163
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
145 PM CDT Sat Apr 30 2022
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Tornado Watch for portions of
Northern and Central Illinois
Southern Wisconsin
* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 145 PM until
800 PM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
A few tornadoes likely
Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter likely
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are expected to intensify over northwest
Illinois this afternoon and track northeastward across the watch
area. Supercells and bowing structures are possible, with a risk of
damaging winds, hail, and a few tornadoes.
The tornado watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles
east and west of a line from 40 miles northwest of Janesville WI to
25 miles east of Salem IL. For a co*plete depiction of the watch see
the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
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 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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Source: SPC Tornado Watch 163 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0163.html)