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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 282
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
715 PM CDT Tue May 21 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of
  Northern Illinois

* Effective this Tuesday night from 715 PM until Midnight CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  A few tornadoes possible
  Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
    to 75 mph possible
  Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible

SUMMARY...Severe storms will spread northeastward through early
tonight, with a continued threat for a few tornadoes, damaging gusts
of 60-75 mph and isolated large hail near 1 inch in diameter.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles
east and west of a line from 25 miles north northwest of Rockford IL
to 40 miles west southwest of Marseilles IL. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 277...WW 278...WW
279...WW 280...WW 281...

AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
surface and aloft to 1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
gusts to 65 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean
storm motion vector 24045.

...Thompson