Severe Thunderstorm Watch 191

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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 191
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
230 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
PARTS OF SOUTHERN IOWA
PARTS OF EASTERN KANSAS
MUCH OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN MISSOURI
SMALL PART OF SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA
EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 230 PM UNTIL
900 PM CDT.
HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 100
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES WEST
NORTHWEST OF DES MOINES IOWA TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD
MISSOURI. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).
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 189
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WW 190
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DISCUSSION...STRONG SURFACE/UPPER LOW WILL BE ROTATING NEWD THRU KS
INTO ERN NE/IA THIS EVENING. VERY STRONG DEEP LAYER SHEAR AND
MARGINAL INSTABILITY WILL SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG LEADING EDGE OF DRIER AIR MOVING THRU ERN KS.
PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS/LARGE HAIL AS STORMS INCREASE
IN NUMBER AND INTENSITY MOVING RAPIDLY NNEWD THRU THE WATCH.
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 21045.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 191 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
IOWA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ADAIR ADAMS APPANOOSE
AUDUBON CASS CLARKE
DALLAS DAVIS DECATUR
FREMONT GUTHRIE HARRISON
JASPER LUCAS MADISON
MAHASKA MARION MILLS
MONROE MONTGOMERY PAGE
POLK POTTAWATTAMIE POWESHIEK
RINGGOLD SHELBY TAYLOR
UNION WAPELLO WARREN
WAYNE
KANSAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ANDERSON ATCHISON BOURBON
BROWN CHEROKEE COFFEY
CRAWFORD DONIPHAN DOUGLAS
FRANKLIN JACKSON JEFFERSON
JOHNSON LEAVENWORTH LINN
MIAMI NEMAHA OSAGE
SHAWNEE WYANDOTTE
MISSOURI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ADAIR ANDREW ATCHISON
BARTON BATES BENTON
BUCHANAN CALDWELL CAMDEN
CARROLL CASS CEDAR
CHARITON CLAY CLINTON
COOPER DADE DALLAS
DAVIESS DEKALB GENTRY
GREENE GRUNDY HARRISON
HENRY HICKORY HOLT
HOWARD JACKSON JASPER
JOHNSON LACLEDE LAFAYETTE
LAWRENCE LINN LIVINGSTON
MACON MERCER MILLER
MORGAN NODAWAY PETTIS
PLATTE POLK PULASKI
PUTNAM RANDOLPH RAY
SALINE SCHUYLER ST. CLAIR
SULLIVAN TEXAS VERNON
WEBSTER WORTH WRIGHT
NEBRASKA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
CASS DOUGLAS JOHNSON
NEMAHA OTOE PAWNEE
RICHARDSON SARPY WASHINGTON