SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 693

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 693

WW 693 SEVERE TSTM IA KS MO 301830Z – 310000Z

WW 0693 Image

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 693
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
130 PM CDT Wed Oct 30 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Southern/Central Iowa
  Extreme Northeast Kansas
  Northern Missouri
* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 130 PM
  until 700 PM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
    to 80 mph possible
  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
  A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY...A bowing thunderstorm cluster will likely continue to pose
a threat for scattered severe/damaging winds potentially up to 70-80
mph as it continues east-northeastward across northern Missouri and
southern/central Iowa this afternoon and early evening. Isolated
hail and perhaps a tornado may also occur.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles north and south of a line from 50 miles north
northwest of Saint Joseph MO to 5 miles northeast of Ottumwa IA. For
a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
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.
&&
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 500. Mean storm motion vector
22040.
...Gleason

Read more

Read More