WW 29 TORNADO IA IL MO 060010Z – 060500Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Tornado Watch Number 29 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 610 PM CST Sat Mar 5 2022 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Tornado Watch for portions of East central and southeast Iowa West central Illinois Northeast Missouri * Effective this Saturday evening from 610 PM until 1100 PM CST. * Primary threats include... A couple tornadoes possible Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible SUMMARY...Broken bands of supercells in Iowa and northern Missouri will continue to spread quickly east-northeastward through late evening, with a continued threat for a couple of tornadoes, damaging winds of 60-70 mph, and isolated large hail near 1 inch diameter. A gradual transition to a more linear convective mode suggests that the threat for damaging winds may increase later this evening. The tornado watch area is approximately along and 40 statute miles east and west of a line from 40 miles west northwest of Dubuque IA to 40 miles south southwest of Quincy IL. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9). PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for tornadoes and 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. && OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 27...WW 28... AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 400. Mean storm motion vector 24045. ...Thompson
