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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 459
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
515 PM CDT Tue Jun 25 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Southern Iowa
  Northern Illinois
  Far Northeast Missouri
  Eastern Nebraska

* Effective this Tuesday afternoon from 515 PM until Midnight
  CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered large hail likely with isolated very large hail events
    to 2.5 inches in diameter possible
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Robust thunderstorms will continue to develop and slowly
sag east-southeastward late this afternoon and evening. Large to
very large hail around 1.5-2.5 inches in diameter along with 60-70
mph wind gusts should be the main threats. A brief landspout tornado
or two may also occur.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 40
statute miles north and south of a line from 45 miles west southwest
of Norfolk NE to 20 miles 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 457...WW 458...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
31025.

...Gleason