WW 655 SEVERE TSTM IL WI LM 271705Z – 272100Z
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 655
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1205 PM CDT Tue Aug 27 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Northern Illinois
Southeast Wisconsin
Lake Michigan
* Effective this Tuesday afternoon from 1205 PM until 400 PM CDT.
* Primary threats include…
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
SUMMARY…Clusters of severe storms will continue to move across
southeast Wisconsin early this afternoon, with additional
development possible into northern Illinois.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50
statute miles east and west of a line from 50 miles northeast of
Milwaukee WI to 40 miles east of Rockford IL. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
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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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 550. Mean storm motion vector
28025.
…Guyer
