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SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 160

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 160

[html]WW 160 SEVERE TSTM IA NE 300020Z - 300500Z
     
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 160
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
720 PM CDT Fri Apr 29 2022

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Southwestern Iowa
  Eastern Nebraska

* Effective this Friday night from 720 PM until Midnight CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
    mph likely
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5
    inches in diameter possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...An organizing co*plex of thunderstorms is expected to pose
predominantly a severe-wind threat as it moves eastward through the
watch area this evening.  Isolated large hail and a tornado also may
occur.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45
statute miles north and south of a line from 15 miles south of
Columbus NE to 35 miles north northeast of Shenandoah IA. 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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...c*NTINUE...WW 157...WW 158...WW 159...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
27035.

...Edwards


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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 160 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0160.html)