# Severe Thunderstorm Watch: Emmet, IA; Kossuth, IA; Palo Alto, IA; Winnebago, IA; Worth, IA — retained record

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source: [us-gov-api](https://highsignal.app/data/us-gov-api) (us-gov-api:noaa-weather)  published 2026-06-30 02:59 ingested 2026-06-30 09:10

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## extract

Severe Thunderstorm Watch — Emmet, IA; Kossuth, IA; Palo Alto, IA; Winnebago, IA; Worth, IA
Severity: Severe. Certainty: Possible.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
421 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING
AREAS

IN IOWA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES

IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA

KOSSUTH               WINNEBAGO             WORTH

IN NORTHWEST IOWA

EMMET                 PALO ALTO

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALGONA, EMMETSBURG, ESTHERVILLE,
FOREST CITY, LAKE MILLS, MANLY, AND NORTHWOOD.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 75
MPH POSSIBLE.
ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE.

PROBABILITY TABLE:
PROB OF 2 OR MORE TORNADOES                        :  10%
PROB OF 1 OR MORE STRONG /EF2-EF5/ TORNADOES       : <02%
PROB OF 10 OR MORE SEVERE WIND EVENTS              :  50%
PROB OF 1 OR MORE WIND EVENTS >= 75 MPH            :  30%
PROB OF 10 OR MORE SEVERE HAIL EVENTS              :  30%
PROB OF 1 OR MORE HAIL EVENTS >= 2 INCHES          :  20%
PROB OF 6 OR MORE COMBINED SEVERE HAIL/WIND EVENTS :  80%
MEAN STORM MOTION /MPH/                            :  NE 50

## retained text

The historical document was shared with another weather alert and cannot be attributed to this record. The original extract is preserved above; the exact alert link was not retained.