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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 94
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
520 PM CDT FRI APR 3 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL ILLINOIS
WEST-CENTRAL INTO NORTHWEST INDIANA
* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 520 PM UNTIL
1000 PM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS, INCLUDING SUPERCELLS
CAPABLE OF A TORNADO RISK, WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE MID EVENING
ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. A COUPLE OF THE STRONGER STORMS WILL LIKELY
FOCUS THE TORNADO AND LARGE-HAIL THREATS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 30 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES WEST OF PEORIA IL TO 40
MILES NORTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE IN. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE
WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
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.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 92...WW 93...
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 55 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN
STORM MOTION VECTOR 23020.
...SMITH
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