WW 323 SEVERE TSTM IL IN 262320Z – 270400Z
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 323
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
720 PM EDT Sun May 26 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
East-Central Illinois
South-Central Indiana
* Effective this Sunday night from 720 PM until Midnight EDT.
* Primary threats include…
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
SUMMARY…A band of thunderstorms is forecast to intensify across
Illinois and move east into portions of central and southern Indiana
during the evening. Damaging gusts will be the primary severe
hazard, although large hail is possible before the evolving
thunderstorm band becomes more extensive into the mid evening.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 30
statute miles north and south of a line from 30 miles west northwest
of Mattoon IL to 60 miles east of Bloomington IN. For a complete
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…CONTINUE…WW 316…WW 317…WW
318…WW 319…WW 320…WW 321…WW 322…
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 450. Mean storm motion vector
27035.
…Smith
