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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 151

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

645 PM CDT Sat Apr 27 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 

  South-central and Southeast Wisconsin

  Lake Michigan



* Effective this Saturday night from 645 PM until Midnight CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Scattered severe thunderstorms will continue to develop

through the evening across south-central into southeast Wisconsin. 

Organized storms, including a few supercells, will pose a risk for

mainly large hail and damaging gusts, but a brief tornado cannot be

ruled out.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45

statute miles north and south of a line from 15 miles southwest of

Madison WI to 50 miles northeast of Milwaukee WI. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 145...WW 146...WW

147...WW 148...WW 149...WW 150...



AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector

24035.



...Smith