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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH: Western/SW Iowa until 2-pm

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June 16th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS 301 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 715 AM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 301 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: IOWA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE: FREMONT HARRISON LYON MILLS MONONA PLYMOUTH POTTAWATTAMIE SIOUX WOODBURY

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
WESTERN IOWA
CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEBRASKA
SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA

* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 715 AM UNTIL200 PM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE…
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE; ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 95 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF BEATRICE NEBRASKA TO 10 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF MITCHELL SOUTH DAKOTA.

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.