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SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 576

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 576

[html]WW 576 SEVERE TSTM IA NE 310455Z - 311200Z
     
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 576
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1155 PM CDT Tue Jul 30 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Central and Western Iowa
  Eastern Nebraska

* Effective this Tuesday night and Wednesday morning from 1155 PM
  until 700 AM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
    inches in diameter likely
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are expected to form during the overnight
hours across eastern Nebraska and western Iowa, tracking across the
watch area.  Very unstable conditions will promote a risk of a few
severe storms capable of large hail and damaging winds.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles north and south of a line from 50 miles west of
Tekamah NE to 25 miles north of Ottumwa IA. For a co*plete depiction
of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU6).

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 575...

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
28030.

...Hart


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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 576 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0576.html)