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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 182
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 182
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   425 PM CDT Thu May 14 2020

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     South Central Iowa
     Northeast Kansas
     Northwest Missouri

   * Effective this Thursday afternoon from 425 PM until Midnight
     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...Thunderstorms are expected to develop along a line from
   southwest Iowa into northeast Kansas, then track eastward across the
   watch area.  The strongest cells will pose a risk of damaging wind
   gusts and large hail during most of the evening hours.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55
   statute miles east and west of a line from 35 miles south of Topeka
   KS to 25 miles north of Knoxville IA. 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.

   &&

   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
   24030.

   ...Hart
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