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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 517
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1215 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2025
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN
LAKE MICHIGAN
* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1215 PM
UNTIL 600 PM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...AN INTENSIFYING BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO
SHIFT EASTWARD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON. EMBEDDED
WITHIN THE BAND OF STORMS WILL LIKELY INCLUDE SEVERAL SUPERCELLS
WITH AN ATTENDANT RISK FOR A COUPLE OF TORNADOES, LARGE HAIL, AND
SEVERE GUSTS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF GREEN BAY WI
TO 10 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF JANESVILLE WI. FOR A COMPLETE
DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).
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 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN
STORM MOTION VECTOR 21025.
...SMITH
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