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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 465

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

145 PM CDT Thu Jun 26 2025



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 

  Central and Southern Iowa

  Northeast Kansas

  Northern Missouri

  Southeast Nebraska



* Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 145 PM until

  900 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will continue to intensify along/ahead of a

weak cold front moving across western Iowa.  A few of the storms may

pose a risk of damaging wind gusts through the afternoon and early

evening.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60

statute miles east and west of a line from 30 miles north of

Waterloo IA to 70 miles south southwest of Lamoni IA. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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 463...WW 464...



AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few

cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector

24030.



...Hart

