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SEL5 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 35 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 655 PM CDT Fri Mar 14 2025 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Eastern Iowa Northern Illinois Far Northeast Missouri Lake Michigan * Effective this Friday night and Saturday morning from 655 PM until 200 AM CDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 80 mph likely Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible A tornado or two possible SUMMARY...Ongoing line of showers and thunderstorms is expected to progress quickly northeastward/eastward over the next several hours. Very strong low- to mid-level wind fields exist, supporting the potential for strong gust with any deeper, more sustained storms. Some isolated hail is possible as well. Dry low-levels are expected to keep the tornado potential very low, although still none zero given the strongly sheared environment. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50 statute miles north and south of a line from 25 miles southwest of Cedar Rapids IA to 45 miles east northeast of Marseilles IL. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5). 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...WW 34... AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 70 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector 24035. ...Mosier