WW 453 SEVERE TSTM IL WI LM 250030Z – 250600Z
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 453
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
730 PM CDT Mon Jun 24 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Northern Illinois
Southern Wisconsin
Lake Michigan
* Effective this Monday night and Tuesday morning from 730 PM
until 100 AM CDT.
* Primary threats include…
Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
to 75 mph possible
Isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY…A small bowing cluster should continue to pose some threat
for scattered severe/damaging winds generally 60-70 mph as it moves
quickly southeastward this evening. Isolated gusts up to 75 mph and
hail around 1-1.75 inches in diameter may also occur.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50
statute miles east and west of a line from 30 miles north of Madison
WI to 50 miles southeast of Rockford IL. 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 452…
AVIATION…A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
29040.
…Gleason
