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WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION FOR WATCH 568
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
930 AM CDT TUE JUL 30 2024

IAC001-007-039-051-053-099-117-121-123-125-135-157-159-175-179-
181-185-302100-
/O.NEW.KDMX.SV.A.0568.240730T1430Z-240730T2100Z/

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
568 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING
AREAS

IN IOWA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 17 COUNTIES

IN CENTRAL IOWA

JASPER                POWESHIEK

IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA

APPANOOSE             CLARKE                DECATUR
LUCAS                 MADISON               MAHASKA
MARION                MONROE                RINGGOLD
UNION                 WARREN                WAYNE

IN SOUTHEAST IOWA

DAVIS                 WAPELLO

IN SOUTHWEST IOWA

ADAIR

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ADAIR, ALBIA, ALLERTON, BLOOMFIELD,
CARLISLE, CENTERVILLE, CHARITON, CORYDON, CRESTON, EARLHAM,
FONTANELLE, GREENFIELD, GRINNELL, HUMESTON, INDIANOLA, KNOXVILLE,
LAMONI, LEON, MOUNT AYR, NEWTON, NORWALK, OSCEOLA, OSKALOOSA,
OTTUMWA, PELLA, SEYMOUR, STUART, AND WINTERSET.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

 SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS
   TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE.
 ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE.
 A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE.

PROBABILITY TABLE:
PROB OF 2 OR MORE TORNADOES                        :  20%
PROB OF 1 OR MORE STRONG /EF2-EF5/ TORNADOES       :  05%
PROB OF 10 OR MORE SEVERE WIND EVENTS              :  70%
PROB OF 1 OR MORE WIND EVENTS >= 75 MPH            :  50%
PROB OF 10 OR MORE SEVERE HAIL EVENTS              :  30%
PROB OF 1 OR MORE HAIL EVENTS >= 2 INCHES          :  10%
PROB OF 6 OR MORE COMBINED SEVERE HAIL/WIND EVENTS :  90%
MEAN STORM MOTION /MPH/                            :  SE 40

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