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SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 568

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 568

[html]WW 568 SEVERE TSTM IA IL MO 301430Z - 302100Z
     
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 568
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
930 AM CDT Tue Jul 30 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Southern Iowa
  Far West-Central Illinois
  Northeast Missouri

* Effective this Tuesday morning and afternoon from 930 AM until
  400 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
    to 75 mph possible
  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...A cluster of thunderstorms will likely continue moving
southeastward this morning and afternoon. The greatest risk should
be scattered to numerous damaging/severe winds around 60-75 mph, but
isolated hail and perhaps a tornado may also occur.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles east and west of a line from 40 miles west northwest
of Knoxville IA to 45 miles southwest of Quincy IL. For a co*plete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

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 567...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
31035.

...Gleason


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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 568 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0568.html)