WW 526 SEVERE TSTM IA WI 140030Z – 140500Z
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 526
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
730 PM CDT Sat Jul 13 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Northeast Iowa
Far Southwest Wisconsin
* Effective this Saturday night from 730 PM until Midnight CDT.
* Primary threats include…
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
SUMMARY…A small cluster of intense thunderstorms may continue to
pose a threat for mainly severe/damaging winds up to 60-70 mph as it
develops south-southeastward through the evening.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 30
statute miles north and south of a line from 130 miles west
northwest of Dubuque IA to 25 miles north northeast of Dubuque IA.
For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch
outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
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 522…WW 523…WW
524…WW 525…
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
33035.
…Gleason
