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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 102
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
210 PM CDT Mon Apr 13 2026

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Northeast Illinois
  Northern Indiana
  Southwest Lower Michigan
  Lake Michigan

* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 210 PM until
  900 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
    inches in diameter possible
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

SUMMARY...A cluster of thunderstorms over northeast Illinois will
track eastward through the afternoon.  The strongest cells will pose
a risk of large hail and damaging wind gusts.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45
statute miles north and south of a line from 70 miles west southwest
of Valparaiso IN to 45 miles north northeast of Fort Wayne IN. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

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.

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AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
26025.

...Hart