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Grundy County IL Emergency Management Agency
Wednesday July 13th, 2016 :: 02:42 p.m. CDT

Advisory

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR GRUNDY COUNTY UNTIL 9PM TODAY 07/13/16.

P3: Comlabs-Weather-server: THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
 EXTREME SOUTHEAST IOWA
 MUCH OF ILLINOIS
 A SMALL PART OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

   EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 240 PM
 UNTIL 900 PM CDT.

   PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE,
 SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
 ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

 SUMMARY,ONGOING SQUALL LINE IN MISSOURI WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
 EASTWARD INTO ILLINOIS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON,AS WILL A SEPARATE
 THUNDERSTORM CLUSTER FROM SOUTHEAST IOWA INTO NORTHWEST ILLINOIS.
 DAMAGING WINDS WILL REMAIN A THREAT WITH THE STRONGER EMBEDDED
 STORMS/BOWING SEGMENTS,WHILE ISOLATED LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO BE
 POSSIBLE.

 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70
 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF
 MARSEILLES ILLINOIS TO 20 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF CARBONDALE
 ILLINOIS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
 ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).

 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.

Address/Location
Grundy County IL Emergency Management Agency
1320 Union St
Morris, IL 60450

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 815-941-3212

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