March 15, 2025

Storm Prediction Center Severe Thunderstorm Watch 34

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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 34
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   540 PM CDT Fri Mar 14 2025

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Northern Iowa
     South-Central and Southeast Minnesota
     Far Southwest Wisconsin

   * Effective this Friday afternoon and Saturday morning from 540
     PM until 100 AM CDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
     Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
       inches in diameter possible

   SUMMARY...Strong to severe thunderstorms ongoing across Iowa will
   continue to spread northward/northeastward over the next few hours.
   The environment is expected to remain supportive of large hail and
   strong/damaging wind gusts across northern Iowa,
   south-central/southeast Minnesota, and far southwest Wisconsin
   throughout the evening.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45
   statute miles north and south of a line from 45 miles southwest of
   Worthington MN to 45 miles east southeast of La Crosse WI. For a
   complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
   update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).

   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 30...WW 31...WW 32...WW
   33...

   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 500. Mean storm motion vector
   24035.

   ...Mosier

2025-03-14 22:50:02