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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 332

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1035 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  IOWA



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 1035 PM

  UNTIL 600 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 80

    MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...A SMALL COMPLEX OF STORMS WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND

DAMAGE MAY CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST-NORTHEASTWARD TOWARD CENTRAL IOWA

OVERNIGHT WHILE ADDITIONAL STORMS MAY INITIALLY DEVELOP ACROSS

NORTHERN IOWA AND MOVE EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD. ANY OF THESE STORMS MAY

POSE A DAMAGING WIND/SOME HAIL RISK GIVEN VERY STEEP LAPSE

RATES...AMPLE LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE AND EXTREME INSTABILITY.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES WEST OF

DENISON IOWA TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF WATERLOO IOWA.  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 326...WW 328...WW

329...WW 330...WW 331...



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 26040.





...GUYER

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