Storm Prediction Center Tornado Watch 71

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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Tornado Watch Number 71
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   215 PM EDT Sun Mar 30 2025

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Tornado Watch for portions of 
     Northeast Illinois
     Northern Indiana
     Extreme southwest Lower Michigan
     Lake Michigan

   * Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 215 PM until
     800 PM EDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     A couple tornadoes possible
     Widespread damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
     Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

   SUMMARY...A developing squall line in central Illinois will spread
   quickly northeastward into Indiana through the afternoon, with the
   potential for swaths of 60-70 mph thunderstorm gusts and a couple of
   tornadoes with embedded circulations.  Additional storms will also
   form across northeast Illinois with the potential to produce
   damaging winds, isolated large hail (1-1.5 inches in diameter) and a
   couple of tornadoes.

   The tornado watch area is approximately along and 85 statute miles
   east and west of a line from 35 miles northwest of South Bend IN to
   5 miles south of Lafayette IN. For a complete depiction of the watch
   see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).

   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 70...

   AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
   surface and aloft to 1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
   gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean
   storm motion vector 22045.

   ...Thompson

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