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SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 491

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 491

[html]WW 491 SEVERE TSTM IA MN WI 231635Z - 240000Z
     
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 491
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1135 AM CDT Sat Jul 23 2022

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Northern Iowa
  Southeast Minnesota
  Western Wisconsin

* Effective this Saturday morning and evening from 1135 AM until
  700 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Widespread 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...A cluster of storms will likely continue to intensify and
progress east-southeastward across the region through the afternoon,
with additional near-frontal development possible across southern
Minnesota/northern Iowa this afternoon.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70
statute miles north and south of a line from 50 miles south
southwest of Minneapolis MN to 50 miles east southeast of La Crosse
WI. For a co*plete depiction of the watch see the associated watch
outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).

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 488...WW 489...WW 490...

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
29030.

...Guyer


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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 491 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0491.html)