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SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 622

WW 622 SEVERE TSTM IA KS MO NE 142230Z – 150600Z

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 622
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
530 PM CDT Wed Aug 14 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Southwestern Iowa
  Central to northeastern Kansas
  Northwestern Missouri
  East-central and southeastern Nebraska

* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning from
  530 PM until 100 AM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5
    inches in diameter possible
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Severe thunderstorms are expected to develop in the next
couple hours near the western end of the watch and move roughly
eastward while increasing in coverage through the evening.  Large to
isolated very large hail is possible early, while the severe-gust
threat increases into evening.  A tornado or two also is possible --
mainly over a part of the watch across northeastern KS, near an
outflow boundary.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 90
statute miles east and west of a line from 30 miles south southeast
of Manhattan KS to 35 miles north northeast of Omaha NE. 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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AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
26030.

...Edwards

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