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