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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 409
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
300 PM CDT Thu Jun 13 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Southern Iowa
  Western and Central Illinois
  Northeast Kansas
  Northern Missouri
  Far Southeast Nebraska

* Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 300 PM until
  1000 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3
    inches in diameter likely
  Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
    to 80 mph possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Intense thunderstorms are expected to develop and pose a
threat for very large hail and significant severe/damaging winds
this afternoon and evening. Some of the hail could be 2-3 inches in
diameter, and severe winds may peak in the 70-80 mph range with any
line of thunderstorms that can form and spread east-southeastward.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70
statute miles north and south of a line from 20 miles south
southwest of Falls City NE to 40 miles east northeast of Peoria IL.
For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch
outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).

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 408...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
3 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
30030.

...Gleason