WWUS20 KWNS 250223 SEL0 SPC WW 250223 IAZ000-ILZ000-MOZ000-251000- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 350 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 920 PM CDT WED JUN 24 2015 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN IOWA WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI * EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 920 PM UNTIL 500 AM CDT. * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE... SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE SUMMARY...AN EVOLVING MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP EAST SOUTHEASTWARD OUT OF CENTRAL IOWA THROUGH UPPER PORTIONS OF THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN INCREASING RISK FOR STRONG...POTENTIALLY DAMAGING...WIND GUSTS AND AT LEAST SOME SEVERE HAIL. ONE OR TWO TORNADOES MAY ALSO NOT BE OUT OF THE QUESTION. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF DUBUQUE IOWA TO 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KIRKSVILLE MISSOURI. 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. && OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 349... 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 29040. ...KERR