Severe

SVREAX The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Mercer County in north central Missouri... Western Putnam County in north central Missouri... * Until 400 PM CDT. * At 320 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Cainsville, or 19 miles northeast of Bethany, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

At 320 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Hopedale to near Hartsburg to near Middletown, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. These severe storms will be near... Lincoln, Minier, Elkhart, Armington, and Hartsburg around 325 PM CDT. Atlanta and Stanford around 330 PM CDT. McLean around 335 PM CDT. Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include Fancy

At 320 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Webb Lake Wisconsin, or 15 miles northwest of Spooner, moving northeast at 25 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Minong, Webb Lake Wisconsin, Saint Croix Band Sand Lake Area, McKenzie Lake, Birch Island Lake, Saint Croix Band Gaslyn Area, and Lampson.

At 319 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles east of Newark to near Mazon, moving east at 60 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. Locations impacted include... Joliet, Morris, Channahon, Minooka, Braidwood, Coal City, Diamond, Gardner, Braceville, Romeoville, Plainfield, Wilmington, Shorewood, Lakewood Shores, Bolingbrook, Lockport, Crest Hill,

* AFFECTED AREA...Southeastern Lake County. * WIND...North to northeast winds will increase Wednesday night to 15 to 30 mph with gusts to 40 mph on the ridges through Thursday morning. Winds will diminish in the afternoon to around 10 to 20 mph. * HUMIDITY...Recoveries on the ridges are only expected to be around 20 to 40 percent Thursday morning. Thursday afternoon the RH is expected to drop to 10 to 15 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly.

* AFFECTED AREA...Southeastern Lake County. * WIND...North to northeast winds will increase Wednesday night to 15 to 30 mph with gusts to 40 mph on the ridges through Thursday morning. Winds will diminish to 5 to 15 mph in the afternoon. * HUMIDITY...Recoveries on the ridges are only expected to be around 20 to 40 percent Thursday morning. Humidity is expected to drop to around 10 to 20 percent in the afternoon. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly.

At 321 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 7 miles northwest of Oshkosh to 7 miles southwest of Elkhart Lake to near West Bend, moving northeast at 60 mph. A wind gust to 94 mph was measured at Oshkosh at 317 pm. THESE ARE DESTRUCTIVE STORMS FOR WINNEBAGO AND CALUMET COUNTIES. HAZARD...90 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Trained weather spotters. IMPACT...You are in a life-threatening situation. Flying debris may be deadly to those caught without shelter. Mobile homes

SVRDMX The National Weather Service in Des Moines has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Lucas County in south central Iowa... Western Monroe County in south central Iowa... Southern Marion County in south central Iowa... Southeastern Clarke County in south central Iowa... * Until 400 PM CDT. * At 321 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Lucas, or 6 miles west of Chariton, moving east at 50 mph. HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated.

* WHAT...West winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph possible. * WHERE...South Laramie Range including the Interstate 80 Summit between Cheyenne and Laramie, and Bordeaux area along Interstate 25 between Chugwater and Wheatland. * WHEN...Until 6 PM MDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Mainly to transportation. Strong cross winds will be hazardous to light weight or high profile vehicles, including campers and tractor trailers. A High Wind Watch means there is the potential for a hazardous high