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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 149
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   SEL9

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 149
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   1100 PM CDT Wed Apr 19 2023

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

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

   * Effective this Wednesday night and Thursday morning from 1100
     PM until 600 AM CDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible
     Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
     A tornado or two possible

   SUMMARY...Clusters of strong/severe storms will persist eastward
   across central/eastern Iowa as well as northwest Missouri, while
   additional storms develop late this evening into the overnight
   across northeast Kansas. Severe hail and damaging winds are the
   primary hazards.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
   statute miles east and west of a line from 45 miles northwest of
   Waterloo IA to 50 miles south southwest of Topeka KS. For a complete
   depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
   (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).

   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 145...WW 146...WW
   147...WW 148...

   AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
   1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A
   few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
   23030.

   ...Guyer
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