Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation Msg
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
698 WWUS20 KWNS 260648 SEL2 SPC WW 260648 MOZ000-261400- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 462 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 150 AM CDT Wed Jun 26 2024 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Central and southern Missouri * Effective this Wednesday morning from 150 AM until 900 AM CDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible SUMMARY...The first of two substantial convective complexes in the Missouri Valley region -- now in northern MO -- will affect the watch area over the next several hours, mainly with potential for severe gusts on either side of an outflow boundary. The second and farther one -- now in Nebraska -- will be monitored for a possible additional watch farther west and later in the morning, as convective and environmental trends warrant. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75 statute miles either side of a line from 40 miles west of Columbia MO to 10 miles east northeast of West Plains MO. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2). 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. && OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 460...WW 461... AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector 32045. ...Edwards