WATCHES: Tornado Watch Number 514

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 514
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
325 PM CDT THU JUL 22 2010

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

SOUTHERN WISCONSIN
LAKE MICHIGAN

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 325 PM UNTIL
900 PM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 40 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF
LONEROCK WISCONSIN TO 35 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF RACINE
WISCONSIN. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).

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.

DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE INTENSIFYING ALONG A
BOUNDARY OVER SOUTHERN WI...WHILE OTHER MORE DISCRETE STORMS FORM
OVER NORTHEAST IA. STRONG LOW LEVEL VERTICAL SHEAR IS PRESENT
ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WITH SHEAR PROFILES FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS
AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES. DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE IN STRONGER STORMS.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 28030.

...HART

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