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Tornado Watch 311
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Tornado Watch Number 311
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   635 PM CDT Thu Jun 24 2021

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Tornado Watch for portions of 
     Southern Iowa
     Northern Missouri

   * Effective this Thursday evening from 635 PM until 1000 PM CDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     A couple tornadoes possible
     Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
       to 80 mph possible
     Isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible

   SUMMARY...A couple supercells may be sustained across southern Iowa
   and northern Missouri this evening, before growing upscale into a
   broader cluster towards late evening.

   The tornado watch area is approximately along and 55 statute miles
   north and south of a line from 55 miles west southwest of Lamoni IA
   to 20 miles north northeast of Kirksville MO. For a complete
   depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
   (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).

   PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

   REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for
   tornadoes and 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.

   &&

   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 309...WW 310...

   AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
   surface and aloft to 2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
   gusts to 70 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean
   storm motion vector 27030.

   ...Grams
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