WW 312 SEVERE TSTM IA KS MO NE 260245Z – 261000Z
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 312
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
945 PM CDT Sat May 25 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Southwest Iowa
Far Northeastern Kansas
Northwest and North-Central Missouri
Southeast Nebraska
* Effective this Saturday night and Sunday morning from 945 PM
until 500 AM CDT.
* Primary threats include…
Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
mph likely
Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
SUMMARY…Scattered thunderstorms mainly in the form of strong to
severe clusters will likely develop east across the Watch area
tonight near the terminus of a low-level jet stream. The stronger
bands of storms will be capable of severe gusts. A few elevated
storms may be capable of a large hail risk.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 40
statute miles north and south of a line from 25 miles west southwest
of Lincoln NE to 60 miles southeast of Chillicothe 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.
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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION…CONTINUE…WW 308…WW 309…WW
310…WW 311…
AVIATION…A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
27035.
…Smith
