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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 151
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
645 PM CDT Sat Apr 27 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  South-central and Southeast Wisconsin
  Lake Michigan

* Effective this Saturday night from 645 PM until Midnight CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
    inches in diameter possible
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Scattered severe thunderstorms will continue to develop
through the evening across south-central into southeast Wisconsin.
Organized storms, including a few supercells, will pose a risk for
mainly large hail and damaging gusts, but a brief tornado cannot be
ruled out.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45
statute miles north and south of a line from 15 miles southwest of
Madison WI to 50 miles northeast of Milwaukee WI. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).

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 145...WW 146...WW
147...WW 148...WW 149...WW 150...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
24035.

...Smith