SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 493
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   100 PM CDT WED JUL 18 2012

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

          NORTHEAST AND EAST-CENTRAL IOWA
          NORTHERN ILLINOIS
          FAR NORTHWEST INDIANA
          FAR SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
          SOUTHERN WISCONSIN
          LAKE MICHIGAN

   EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 
100 PM UNTIL 800 PM CDT.

   HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

Click here for more on the watch.

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