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SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 290

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 290

[html]WW 290 SEVERE TSTM IA MN SD 300505Z - 301300Z
     
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 290
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1205 AM CDT Mon May 30 2022

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Northwest Iowa
  Southern and Central Minnesota
  Eastern South Dakota

* Effective this Monday morning from 1205 AM until 800 AM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
    to 75 mph possible
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
    inches in diameter possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Storms are expected to develop northeastward across the
region through the overnight, potentially including multiple rounds
of severe storms with damaging winds and large hail as the primary
hazards.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 105
statute miles north and south of a line from 40 miles north of Sioux
Falls SD to 40 miles north northeast of Mankato MN. For a co*plete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

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.

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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...c*NTINUE...WW 289...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
23035.

...Guyer


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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 290 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0290.html)