A tornado watch has been issued for all of central Iowa until 7 p.m.

Thunderstorms have begun to develop early this afternoon across parts of north-central Kansas and into the mid-Missour Valley area, and should continue expanding/spreading northeast across the area over the next several hours. Large hail and locally damaging winds will be possible, along with a few tornadoes this afternoon and into the early evening hours.

Primary threats include…
A few tornadoes and a couple intense tornadoes possible
Isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible
Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible