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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 520
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1245 PM EDT Mon Jul 27 2026

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Northeast Illinois
  Northern Indiana
  Western Lower Michigan
  Lake Michigan

* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 1245 PM until
  800 PM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
    mph likely
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
    inches in diameter possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Clusters of thunderstorms will track southeastward through
the afternoon across the watch area.  Damaging winds, large hail,
and even a tornado or two are possible.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70
statute miles east and west of a line from 70 miles north of
Muskegon MI to 60 miles south southeast of Valparaiso IN. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

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 519...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
31030.

...Hart