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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.

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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