WW 372 SEVERE TSTM IA IL MO WI 242325Z – 250700Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 372
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
625 PM CDT Sat Jun 24 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Eastern Iowa
West-central and northwest Illinois
Northeast Missouri
Extreme southwest Wisconsin
* Effective this Saturday night and Sunday morning from 625 PM
until 200 AM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
inches in diameter possible
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY...Severe thunderstorms will move east this evening with a
risk for large hail and damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. A tornado
or two will also be possible as storms begin to form clusters and
short line segments.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles east and west of a line from 20 miles northeast of
Dubuque IA to 50 miles southeast of Quincy IL. 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.
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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 370...WW 371...
AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
28030.
...Bunting
