WW 30 SEVERE TSTM IL WI 060235Z – 060800Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 30 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 835 PM CST Sat Mar 5 2022 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Northern and central Illinois Extreme southern Wisconsin * Effective this Saturday night and Sunday morning from 835 PM until 200 AM CST. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely A tornado or two possible SUMMARY...Storms moving eastward from Iowa into Illinois and extreme southern Wisconsin have trended into more linear structures, with an attendant increase in the threat for damaging winds. An isolated tornado or two may also occur with circulations embedded in the line segments. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55 statute miles east and west of a line from 30 miles north northwest of Janesville WI to 25 miles west southwest of Bloomington IL. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0). 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 28...WW 29... AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 400. Mean storm motion vector 25045. ...Thompson
