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Storm Prediction Center Severe Thunderstorm Watch 530


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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 530
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   955 PM CDT Sat Oct 23 2021

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Southern Iowa
     Northeast Kansas
     Northern Missouri
     Southeast Nebraska

   * Effective this Saturday night and Sunday morning from 955 PM
     until 500 AM CDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter likely

   SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will continue to develop across northeast
   Kansas and much of northern Missouri into southeast Nebraska and
   southern Iowa late this evening into the overnight. The strongest
   storms will be capable of large hail.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
   statute miles north and south of a line from Beatrice NE to 15 miles
   east southeast of Kirksville MO. For a complete depiction of the
   watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

   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
   1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 50 knots. A
   few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector
   24030.

   ...Guyer