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SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 652

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 652

[html]WW 652 SEVERE TSTM IA MN NE SD 262250Z - 270400Z
     
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 652
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
550 PM CDT Mon Aug 26 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Northwest Iowa
  Southwest Minnesota
  Northeast Nebraska
  Far Southeast South Dakota

* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 550 PM until
  1100 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5
    inches in diameter likely
  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
    mph possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Supercell thunderstorms should continue to move eastward
across northeast Nebraska and vicinity while posing a threat for
large hail around 1.5-2.5 inches in diameter. Severe winds mainly
around 60-70 mph may also occur, with additional intense
thunderstorms possibly developing over the next few hours along a
surface boundary into northwest Iowa and southwest Minnesota.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 35
statute miles north and south of a line from 50 miles southwest of
Yankton SD to 10 miles east southeast of Spencer IA. For a co*plete
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.

&&

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...c*NTINUE...WW 648...WW 649...WW
650...WW 651...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 600. Mean storm motion vector
27030.

...Gleason


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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 652 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0652.html)