WW 500 SEVERE TSTM IL 030030Z – 030400Z
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 500
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
730 PM CDT Tue Jul 2 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Northern into Central Illinois
* Effective this Tuesday evening from 730 PM until 1100 PM CDT.
* Primary threats include…
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible
Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible
SUMMARY…A squall line will continue east into the Watch area this
evening. The more intense portions of the line may yield a risk for
50-65 mph gusts and potential wind damage. The severe risk will
likely lessen with eastward extent as the thunderstorm band
encounters weaker instability farther east in Illinois.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 25
statute miles east and west of a line from 25 miles northwest of
Rockford IL to 50 miles southwest of Peoria IL. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
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 497…WW 498…WW 499…
AVIATION…A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A few
cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector
27035.
…Smith
