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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 457
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1210 PM CDT Tue Jun 25 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Central Illinois
  Central Indiana

* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 1210 PM until
  700 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
    to 75 mph possible
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
    inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...Clusters of thunderstorms forming across central Illinois
will track east-southeastward across the watch area through the
afternoon, posing a risk of damaging wind gusts and hail.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50
statute miles north and south of a line from 75 miles west of
Springfield IL to 55 miles east southeast of Indianapolis IN. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

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
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
28030.

...Hart