WATCHES: Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 430

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SPC WW 222009
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 430
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
310 PM CDT MON JUL 22 2013

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHWEST IOWA
EASTERN NEBRASKA

* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 310 PM UNTIL
1000 PM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WITH A FEW SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 75
MPH POSSIBLE
SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2
INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF MASON CITY IOWA TO 30 MILES WEST OF TEKAMAH NEBRASKA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

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.

&&

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 429...

DISCUSSION...STORMS SHOULD INCREASE ALONG A COLD FRONT SETTLING
ACROSS THE REGION THOUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. A VERY HOT
AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS HAS DEVELOPED ALONG THE FRONTAL ZONE WITH
MLCAPE AROUND 3000 J/KG INDICATED IN LATEST ENVIRONMENT DATA. THIS
IN COMBINATION WITH CONTINUED LOW LEVEL LIFT ALONG THE FRONTAL
SEGMENT SHOULD SPUR ADDITIONAL INTENSE TSTM DEVELOPMENT. DEEP SHEAR
ACROSS THE REGION IS LIMITED AND MAY RESULT IN GENERALLY POOR STORM
ORGANIZATION WITH MULTICELL/PULSE CONVECTION POSING PRIMARILY A WIND
DAMAGE THREAT INTO THE EARLY EVENING.

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 550. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 29020.


...CARBIN

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