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SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 577

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 577

[html]WW 577 SEVERE TSTM IA IL MO 310845Z - 311400Z
     
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 577
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
345 AM CDT Wed Jul 31 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Southeast Iowa
  Western and Northwest Illinois
  Northeast Missouri

* Effective this Wednesday morning from 345 AM until 900 AM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...A cluster of storms will likely persist and potentially
further intensify across southern Iowa into northeast Missouri and
west/northwest Illinois this morning, with damaging winds and some
hail possible.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55
statute miles north and south of a line from 65 miles west northwest
of Burlington IA to 25 miles east southeast of Burlington IA. For a
co*plete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

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 576...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
30035.

...Guyer


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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 577 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0577.html)