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SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 493

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 493

[html]WW 493 SEVERE TSTM IL WI LM 232100Z - 240400Z
     
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 493
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
400 PM CDT Sat Jul 23 2022

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Northern Illinois
  Southern Wisconsin
  Lake Michigan

* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 400 PM until
  1100 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
    to 85 mph possible
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
    inches in diameter possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...A well-organized cluster of storms capable of wind damage
and isolated large hail will continue east-southeastward across much
of southern Wisconsin and possibly northern Illinois through this
evening.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65
statute miles north and south of a line from 10 miles north
northwest of Lonerock WI to 75 miles east northeast of Racine WI.
For a co*plete depiction of the watch see the associated watch
outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...c*NTINUE...WW 491...WW 492...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 75 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 600. Mean storm motion vector
28045.

...Guyer


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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 493 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0493.html)