Severe Thunderstorm Watch 101

Issued

Apr 24, 2016, 2:28 PM CDT (19:28 UTC)

Expired

Apr 24, 2016, 10:00 PM CDT

In force

8 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

2.5 in

Strongest gust expected

65 kt

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Two or more tornadoes

20%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

2%

Ten or more severe wind reports

60%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

30%

Ten or more severe hail reports

90%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

30%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

95%

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• Mesoscale Discussion 439Apr 24, 5:50 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 440Apr 24, 6:10 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 441Apr 24, 8:45 PM CDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 241926
SEL1  
SPC WW 241926
IAZ000-KSZ000-MNZ000-MOZ000-NEZ000-SDZ000-250300-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 101
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
225 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  WESTERN IOWA
  NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
  SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
  FAR NORTHWEST MISSOURI
  EASTERN NEBRASKA
  SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA

* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 225 PM UNTIL
  1000 PM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  WIDESPREAD LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL
    EVENTS TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
  SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS
    TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE
  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE

SUMMARY...A BROKEN BAND OR TWO OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL MOVE FROM EASTERN NEBRASKA INTO WESTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST
MISSOURI LATER TODAY...WITH ADDITIONAL STORMS FORMING IN THE WAKE OF
THESE ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL NEBRASKA. OTHER STORMS SHOULD
FORM/STRENGTHEN NORTHWARD FROM NORTHEAST NEBRASKA INTO SOUTHEAST
SOUTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. SOME OF THE
ACTIVITY...ESPECIALLY IN NEBRASKA AND WESTERN IOWA...WILL BE CAPABLE
OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND...AND POSSIBLE A TORNADO OR TWO
THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTH
SOUTHWEST OF BEATRICE NEBRASKA TO 45 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF
WORTHINGTON MINNESOTA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE
THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).

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 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 22040.


...CORFIDI

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.