WW 509 SEVERE TSTM IA KS MO NE 062220Z – 070500Z
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 509
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
520 PM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Southwest Iowa
Northeast Kansas
Northwest Missouri
Southeast Nebraska
* Effective this Saturday afternoon from 520 PM until Midnight
CDT.
* Primary threats include…
Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75
mph possible
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
inches in diameter possible
SUMMARY…A cluster of intense thunderstorms over south-central
Nebraska will track eastward through the evening across the watch
area. Locally damaging wind gusts and hail are possible with the
strongest cells.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50
statute miles north and south of a line from 40 miles north of
Concordia KS to 25 miles east of Falls City NE. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).
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 508…
AVIATION…A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
27025.
…Hart
