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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 446
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
315 PM CDT Sat Jun 22 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of
  Northeast Iowa
  Northwest Illinois
  Southern Wisconsin

* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 315 PM until
  800 PM CDT.

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

SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will intensify this afternoon along a
boundary extending from northern Iowa into southern Wisconsin.
Favorable winds aloft will promote supercell storms, capable of
damaging winds, large hail, and perhaps a few tornadoes.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 55 statute miles
north and south of a line from 40 miles west of Waterloo IA to 30
miles north of Rockford IL. For a complete depiction of the watch
see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for
tornadoes and 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.

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AVIATION...Tornadoes and 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 27030.

...Hart