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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 300
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
240 AM CDT Fri May 24 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Central and eastern Iowa
  Northern Missouri

* Effective this Friday morning from 240 AM until 1000 AM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
    to 80 mph possible
  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...A severe MCS -- initially over portions of eastern NE and
northeastern KS -- should proceed eastward across the watch area
through the morning, offering swaths of severe gusts as the main
hazard, and the potential for a couple embedded tornadoes and
isolated hail.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 85
statute miles east and west of a line from 15 miles west of
Kirksville MO to 40 miles northeast of Fort Dodge IA. For a complete
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...CONTINUE...WW 297...WW 298...WW 299...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
27040.

...Edwards