WW 447 SEVERE TSTM IA KS MO NE 042355Z – 050600Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 447
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
655 PM CDT Tue Jul 4 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Western Iowa
Northeast Kansas
Northwest Missouri
Southeast Nebraska
* Effective this Tuesday night and Wednesday morning from 655 PM
until 100 AM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
to 75 mph possible
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
inches in diameter possible
SUMMARY...Increasing thunderstorms along a cold front over northern
Kansas and eastern Nebraska will track into the watch area this
evening. Damaging winds are the primary threat with the strongest
cells.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50
statute miles east and west of a line from Fort Dodge IA to 40 miles
southwest of Salina KS. For a complete depiction of the watch see
the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).
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 444...WW 445...WW 446...
AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
30030.
...Hart
