314  
ACUS11 KWNS 091230  
SWOMCD  
SPC MCD 091229  
WIZ000-IAZ000-MNZ000-NEZ000-091430-  
 
MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1911  
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK  
0729 AM CDT SAT AUG 09 2025  
 
AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS OF IA INTO SOUTHEAST MN AND FAR  
WEST-CENTRAL WI  
 
CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 580...  
 
VALID 091229Z - 091430Z  
 
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 580  
CONTINUES.  
 
SUMMARY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL  
PERSIST ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN INTO NORTH-CENTRAL IOWA THIS  
MORNING.  
 
DISCUSSION...SEVERE GUSTS CONTINUE WITH THE CLUSTER OF STORMS  
ONGOING ACROSS WEST-CENTRAL IA THIS MORNING. RADAR TRENDS HAVE SHOWN  
SOME DOWNWARD TREND IN VELOCITY STRENGTH AS WELL AS A SOMEWHAT MORE  
DISORGANIZED PRESENTATION IN REFLECTIVITY. NEVERTHELESS, MEASURED  
SEVERE GUSTS AND WIND DAMAGE REPORTS CONTINUE AS CONVECTION DEVELOPS  
NORTHEAST ALONG/JUST AHEAD OF A SURFACE COLD FRONT.  
 
THE DOWNSTREAM AIRMASS REMAINS STRONGLY UNSTABLE, AND CONVECTION  
WILL PERSIST ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE SURFACE FRONT FROM WEST-CENTRAL  
WI INTO SOUTHEAST MN AND NORTHERN/WESTERN IA. THE CORE OF THE  
LOW-LEVEL JET REMAINS CENTERED JUST EAST OF ONGOING STORMS, AND  
STRONGER VERTICAL SHEAR TENDS TO LAG BEHIND THE SURFACE BOUNDARY.  
CONVECTION ALONG THE FRONT IN MN/WI HAS LARGELY BEEN UNPRODUCTIVE  
OVERNIGHT. WHILE STRONG TO SEVERE GUSTS REMAIN POSSIBLE IN THE SHORT  
TERM ACROSS IA, IT IS UNCLEAR IF SEVERE POTENTIAL AND A DOWNSTREAM  
WATCH WILL BE NEEDED INTO MN/WI.  
 
..LEITMAN.. 08/09/2025  
   
..PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT
 
 
ATTN...WFO...ARX...MPX...DMX...FSD...OAX...  
 
LAT...LON 42209589 43369401 44109232 44219166 44139112 43929084  
43649094 42089297 41699356 41289449 41359542 41519595  
41799610 42209589  
 
MOST PROBABLE PEAK TORNADO INTENSITY...UP TO 95 MPH  
MOST PROBABLE PEAK WIND GUST...65-80 MPH  
MOST PROBABLE PEAK HAIL SIZE...1.00-1.75 IN  
 
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