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WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION FOR WATCH 163
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
134 PM CDT TUE APR 30 2024

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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 163 IN
EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN IOWA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 31 COUNTIES

IN CENTRAL IOWA

BOONE                 DALLAS                JASPER
POLK                  POWESHIEK             STORY

IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA

APPANOOSE             CLARKE                DECATUR
LUCAS                 MADISON               MAHASKA
MARION                MONROE                RINGGOLD
UNION                 WARREN                WAYNE

IN SOUTHEAST IOWA

DAVIS                 WAPELLO

IN SOUTHWEST IOWA

ADAIR                 ADAMS                 CASS
TAYLOR

IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA

AUDUBON               CALHOUN               CARROLL
CRAWFORD              GREENE                GUTHRIE
SAC

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ADAIR, ADEL, ALBIA, ALLERTON, AMES,
ATLANTIC, AUDUBON, BAYARD, BEDFORD, BLOOMFIELD, BOONE, CARLISLE,
CARROLL, CASEY, CENTERVILLE, CHARITON, CORNING, CORYDON, CRESTON,
DENISON, DES MOINES, EARLHAM, EARLY, EXIRA, FONTANELLE,
GREENFIELD, GRINNELL, GUTHRIE CENTER, HUMESTON, INDIANOLA,
JEFFERSON, KNOXVILLE, LAKE CITY, LAKE VIEW, LAMONI, LENOX, LEON,
MANSON, MOUNT AYR, NEW MARKET, NEWTON, NORWALK, ODEBOLT, OSCEOLA,
OSKALOOSA, OTTUMWA, PANORA, PELLA, PERRY, POMEROY, ROCKWELL CITY,
SAC CITY, SCHALLER, SEYMOUR, STUART, WALL LAKE, WAUKEE,
AND WINTERSET.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

 A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE.
 SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 80
   MPH LIKELY.
 SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2.5
   INCHES IN DIAMETER LIKELY.

PROBABILITY TABLE:
PROB OF 2 OR MORE TORNADOES                        :  50%
PROB OF 1 OR MORE STRONG /EF2-EF5/ TORNADOES       :  20%
PROB OF 10 OR MORE SEVERE WIND EVENTS              :  70%
PROB OF 1 OR MORE WIND EVENTS >= 75 MPH            :  60%
PROB OF 10 OR MORE SEVERE HAIL EVENTS              :  70%
PROB OF 1 OR MORE HAIL EVENTS >= 2 INCHES          :  60%
PROB OF 6 OR MORE COMBINED SEVERE HAIL/WIND EVENTS : >95%
MEAN STORM MOTION /MPH/                            :  E 40

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