Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation Msg
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
142 WWUS20 KWNS 222011 SEL6 SPC WW 222011 IAZ000-ILZ000-WIZ000-230100- 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. && 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