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SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 654

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 654

[html]WW 654 SEVERE TSTM IA MN NE SD 270355Z - 271100Z
     
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 654
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1055 PM CDT Mon Aug 26 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

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

* Effective this Monday night and Tuesday morning from 1055 PM
  until 600 AM 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

SUMMARY...Mainly elevated thunderstorms should pose some threat for
severe hail up to 1-2 inches in diameter as they move generally
east-northeastward through the overnight hours. If these
thunderstorms can consolidate into a cluster, then a threat for
severe/damaging winds around 60-70 mph may be realized.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50
statute miles north and south of a line from 10 miles southwest of
Valentine NE to 25 miles north northeast of Spencer IA. For a
co*plete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).

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 650...WW 651...WW 653...

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
26035.

...Gleason


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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 654 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0654.html)