Tornado Watch 413

Issued

Jul 13, 2015, 4:01 PM CDT (21:01 UTC)

Expired

Jul 13, 2015, 11:00 PM CDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

3 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Two or more tornadoes

40%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

20%

Ten or more severe wind reports

80%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

20%

Ten or more severe hail reports

50%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

40%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

95%

• Mesoscale Discussion 1394Jul 13, 3:21 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1396Jul 13, 4:33 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1399Jul 13, 6:59 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1404Jul 13, 10:22 PM CDT

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 413
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
400 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  EASTERN IOWA
  NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  NORTHWEST INDIANA
  LAKE MICHIGAN

* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 400 PM UNTIL
  1100 PM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
  WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY
  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 3
    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

SUMMARY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH
LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING ACROSS FAR EASTERN IOWA AND MUCH OF
NORTHERN/CENTRAL ILLINOIS INTO NORTHWEST INDIANA. SUPERCELLS CAPABLE
OF LARGE HAIL AND A COUPLE OF TORNADOES WILL INITIALLY BE
POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY IN AREAS NEAR A REMNANT OUTFLOW BOUNDARY.
LATER THIS EVENING A MORE WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WIND RISK MAY EVOLVE.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 110 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF
ROCKFORD ILLINOIS TO 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON
ILLINOIS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

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 410...WW 411...WW 412...

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 30030.


...GUYER

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.