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SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 140

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 140

[html]WW 140 SEVERE TSTM IA NE 220415Z - 221100Z
     
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 140
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1115 PM CDT Thu Apr 21 2022

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Extreme southwest Iowa
  South central into east central Nebraska

* Effective this Thursday night and Friday morning from 1115 PM
  until 600 AM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
    inches in diameter possible
  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 60 mph possible

SUMMARY...Elevated thunderstorms, some with supercell structures,
will persist overnight with a primary threat for occasional large
hail of 1.5 to 2 inches in diameter.  The strongest storms may also
produce isolated damaging gusts up to 60 mph.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45
statute miles north and south of a line from 30 miles west of Grand
Island NE to 45 miles south southeast of Tekamah NE. 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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AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 50 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
23025.

...Thompson


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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 140 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0140.html)