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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 693
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WW0693 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
High Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   SEL3

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 693
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   130 PM CDT Wed Oct 30 2024

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Southern/Central Iowa
     Extreme Northeast Kansas
     Northern Missouri

   * Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 130 PM
     until 700 PM CDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
       to 80 mph possible
     Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
     A tornado or two possible

   SUMMARY...A bowing thunderstorm cluster will likely continue to pose
   a threat for scattered severe/damaging winds potentially up to 70-80
   mph as it continues east-northeastward across northern Missouri and
   southern/central Iowa this afternoon and early evening. Isolated
   hail and perhaps a tornado may also occur.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
   statute miles north and south of a line from 50 miles north
   northwest of Saint Joseph MO to 5 miles northeast of Ottumwa IA. For
   a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
   update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

   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
   1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70 knots. A
   few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
   22040.

   ...Gleason
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