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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 498
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
High Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL8

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 498
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   440 PM CDT Tue Jul 2 2024

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Far West-Central Illinois
     Eastern Kansas
     West-Central and Northern Missouri

   * Effective this Tuesday afternoon from 440 PM until Midnight
     CDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
       to 75 mph possible
     Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
       inches in diameter possible
     A tornado or two possible

   SUMMARY...Scattered thunderstorms are forecast to develop through
   the early to mid evening across the Watch area.  A few of the
   stronger storms may evolve into supercells, in addition to organized
   line segments.  A tornado is possible with any intense supercell or
   embedded circulation within a convective line, but the primary
   forecast hazards will be 60-75 mph gusts capable of wind damage and
   large hail (1 to 2 inches in diameter).

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50
   statute miles north and south of a line from 30 miles northwest of
   Emporia KS to 25 miles north northeast of Quincy IL. For a complete
   depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
   (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

   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 497...

   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
   24030.

   ...Smith
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