LOCATIONS
Eastern Iowa, Northwest Illinois, Northeast Missouri, Southwest Wisconsin
EFFECTIVE
This Saturday afternoon from 555 PM until Midnight CDT.
THREATS
A couple tornadoes possible, Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely, Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible
SITUATION
Thunderstorms will gradually develop this evening and
spread into the Watch area. Large hail, damaging gusts, and a few
tornadoes are possible with the stronger supercells and embedded
thunderstorm clusters.
The tornado watch area is approximately along and 75 statute miles
north and south of a line from 65 miles west of Burlington IA to 55
miles east southeast of Dubuque IA. For a complete depiction of the
watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
PRECAUTIONS
A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for
tornadoes and 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.
