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New Severe Tstorm Watch for N IL, NW IN and extreme E IA. URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 82 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 525 PM CDT Tue Apr 7 2020 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Far east-central Iowa Northern Illinois Far northwest Indiana Lake Michigan * Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 525 PM until 1100 PM CDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5 inches in diameter possible Isolated damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible A tornado or two possible SUMMARY...A couple supercells may evolve into an east-southeast progressing cluster along a cold front from far eastern Iowa through northern Illinois this evening. Large hail should be the primary hazard. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 35 statute miles north and south of a line from 75 miles west of Rockford IL to 15 miles north of Valparaiso 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. && OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 81... AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector 28035. ...Grams

Biggest hail I've ever seen was golf ball size. Quite frankly, that's big enough.

Lake effect overnight and this morning “saved” this event for me. Ended with 5.3”. Bring on Spring!

2.3 inches so far. Woo. It’s getting to the point where I don’t believe the atmosphere is capable of producing a snow of more than 3 inches.

Enjoy.

Ripping.

Heavy, wet snow. Dusting on the grass and cars. Radar looks good for my area.

The year of Winter Weather Advisories continues.

Holding my breath at this point.

It's not lost on me that the loss most are experiencing from this storm is my gain...and for that I'm sorry. Please accept my condolences.

Should add bust potential still high. I could see marginal temps leading to minor accumulations Tuesday night followed by getting dry slotted. In fact, that’s what I’m assuming will happen to keep expectations at bay.

My P&C from IWX going with 1-2 Tuesday night and 2-4 on Wednesday. A pretty good AFD. If trends with the 12z suite continue they may bump up totals.

Euro trying to get my hopes up. Stop that.

Hope nobody gets their hearts broken with this storm. We’re all prepared for something to go sideways with this 24 hours before the event happens. Not saying it will...but this winter has taught us to be prepared.

That cutoff in Indiana. Oof.

This will go down as a near miss for me I’m afraid. Oh well. Is it spring yet?

I’ll never say another bad thing about the Canadians if that 12z actually happens.

I haven’t paid any attention to this one so I am shocked it’s snowing here. I just got home after a long weekend so I haven’t measured but I’d guess an inch? Flakes are HUGE at times. Here’s the best I could do from the car.

Lake is cranking now. Light to occasional moderate snow. Hoping we can get a band to hang out for a few hours overhead as temps continue to drop.

2.2 from the system. We’ll if any lake bands swing through tonight.

Up to 1.1”.

Half inch so far. It's not really accumulating on the roads or sidewalks. Coming down at a decent clip but ratios stink. As long as we cover the grass for a few days I'll be happy.

Just looked at the radar. Looks nice for you at the moment. Snow starting to come down now here. Small flakes but it's already sticking to the cars. 32 degrees.

I'm hoping the fact the sun will be setting soon will help accumulations here.