575 WWUS20 KWNS 160003 SEL9 SPC WW 160003 IAZ000-NEZ000-160000- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH - NUMBER 119 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 703 PM CDT WED APR 15 2026 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS CANCELLED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 119 ISSUED AT 1230 PM CDT FOR PORTIONS OF IOWA NEBRASKA  143 WWUS20 KWNS 160053 SEL5 SPC WW 160053 ILZ000-WIZ000-LMZ000-160500- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 125 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 755 PM CDT Wed Apr 15 2026 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Central and Northern Illinois Southeast Wisconsin Lake Michigan * Effective this Wednesday night from 755 PM until Midnight CDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible A tornado or two possible SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will overspread the watch area this evening, with occasional intense cells possible. Locally damaging winds are the main concern, with some risk of a tornado or two. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 40 statute miles east and west of a line from 15 miles northwest of Milwaukee WI to 65 miles southwest of Peoria IL. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5). 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. && OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 120...WW 121...WW 122...WW 123...WW 124... AVIATION...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 25030. ...Hart