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SPC Tornado Watch 371

SPC Tornado Watch 371

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 371
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
225 PM CDT Wed Jun 15 2022

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of
  Northeast Iowa
  Northwest Illinois
  Southeast Minnesota
  Wisconsin
  Lake Michigan

* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 225 PM
  until 1000 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  A few tornadoes likely with a couple intense tornadoes possible
  Widespread damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
    to 75 mph possible
  Scattered large hail likely with isolated very large hail events
    to 3 inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...A very favorable environment for severe thunderstorms
continues to unfold across the region, with intense storm
development including supercells expected through mid/late afternoon
within a moist/very unstable environment. This includes potential
for very large hail and tornadoes, a few of which could be strong,
particularly across southwest Wisconsin into a broad part of central
Wisconsin where conditions appear most favorable. By evening,
damaging wind potential should also steadily increase across the
eastern half of Wisconsin as storms merge/organize and race
east-northeastward.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 105 statute miles
north and south of a line from 45 miles north of Waterloo IA to 40
miles east northeast of Green Bay WI. For a co*plete depiction of
the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU1).

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 3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
gusts to 65 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean
storm motion vector 24040.

...Guyer


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Source: SPC Tornado Watch 371 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0371.html)