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WWUS20 KWNS 262113
SEL6
SPC WW 262113
IAZ000-ILZ000-INZ000-270400-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 76
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
515 PM EDT THU MAR 26 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
FAR SOUTHEAST IOWA
CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS
CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA
* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON FROM 515 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT
EDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 80
MPH LIKELY
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2.5
INCHES IN DIAMETER LIKELY
A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP
INTO THE EVENING WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS BEING CAPABLE OF A
RISK FOR LARGE TO VERY LARGE HAIL AND SEVERE GUSTS. A TORNADO IS
ALSO POSSIBLE, MAINLY OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND NORTHERN INDIANA.
THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD GRADUALLY SHIFT EAST-SOUTHEAST DURING THE
EVENING WITH THE RISK FOR SEVERE WIND GUSTS EVENTUALLY BECOMING THE
PRIMARY HAZARD.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
BURLINGTON IA TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE IN. FOR A COMPLETE
DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
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 75...
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO
2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A
FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR
28040.
...SMITH
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