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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 370

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

410 PM CDT Tue Jul 14 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Central and Northeast Iowa

  Southeast Minnesota

  Western and central Wisconsin



* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 410 PM until

  1100 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Storms are expected to increase in coverage and intensity

near an east/southeastward-moving cold front, as well as across

central Iowa. Damaging winds and severe hail are the primary

hazards.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65

statute miles north and south of a line from 65 miles west of Des

Moines IA to 15 miles east of Mosinee WI. 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 369...



AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector

26025.



...Guyer

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