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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 117
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1140 PM CDT Tue Apr 14 2026

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Eastern Iowa
  Northwest Illinois

* Effective this Tuesday night and Wednesday morning from 1140 PM
  until 400 AM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will continue to develop along a cold front
and move across the watch area.  A few storms will pose a risk of
hail and locally damaging wind gusts.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 35
statute miles north and south of a line from 20 miles north
northwest of Ottumwa IA to 20 miles northeast of Moline IL. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

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 113...WW 114...WW
115...WW 116...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
25030.

...Hart