URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 248 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1240 AM CDT Sun May 26 2019 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Eastern Illinois Western Indiana * Effective this Sunday morning from 1240 AM until 600 AM CDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible SUMMARY...A well-organized band of storms will continue to pose an isolated damaging wind risk along with hail overnight into western Indiana. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 35 statute miles north and south of a line from 25 miles west northwest of Champaign IL to 30 miles south of Lafayette IN. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8). 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. && OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 247... AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector 27030. ...GuyerRead more
from SPC Forecast Products http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0248.html
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