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915 

WWUS20 KWNS 242319

SEL9

SPC WW 242319

IAZ000-NEZ000-250700-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 349

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

620 PM CDT WED JUN 24 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL IOWA

  PARTS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 620 PM

  UNTIL 200 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2.5

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...RAPID THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS NOW UNDERWAY...WITH

FURTHER INTENSIFICATION LIKELY WHILE SPREADING WEST TO EAST ACROSS

THE WATCH AREA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.  STRONGER STORMS MAY

BECOME CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...BEFORE ACTIVITY CONSOLIDATES

INTO AN EVOLVING THUNDERSTORM CLUSTER...WITH POTENTIALLY DAMAGING

WIND GUSTS BECOMING THE MORE PROMINENT THREAT LATER THIS EVENING

INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

TEKAMAH NEBRASKA TO 40 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF KNOXVILLE IOWA.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR

TORNADOES AND 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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 348...



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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

600. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 29030.





...KERR

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369 

WWUS20 KWNS 242319

SEL9

SPC WW 242319

IAZ000-NEZ000-250700-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 349

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

620 PM CDT WED JUN 24 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL IOWA

  PARTS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 620 PM

  UNTIL 200 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2.5

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...RAPID THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS NOW UNDERWAY...WITH

FURTHER INTENSIFICATION LIKELY WHILE SPREADING WEST TO EAST ACROSS

THE WATCH AREA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.  STRONGER STORMS MAY

BECOME CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...BEFORE ACTIVITY CONSOLIDATES

INTO AN EVOLVING THUNDERSTORM CLUSTER...WITH POTENTIALLY DAMAGING

WIND GUSTS BECOMING THE MORE PROMINENT THREAT LATER THIS EVENING

INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

TEKAMAH NEBRASKA TO 40 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF KNOXVILLE IOWA.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR

TORNADOES AND 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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 348...



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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

600. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 29030.





...KERR

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