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Tornado Watch 397
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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 397
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   815 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          EASTERN IOWA
          WESTERN AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS
          EXTREME SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
          NORTHEAST MISSOURI
          SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 815 PM UNTIL
   400 AM CDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
   GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
   AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90 STATUTE MILES
   EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF LONEROCK
   WISCONSIN TO 65 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF QUINCY ILLINOIS.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).
   
   REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
   TORNADOES AND 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.
   
   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 391...WW 392...WW 393...WW
   394...WW 395...WW 396...
   
   DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD NEWD INTO
   WW AREA THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY...WHERE CONDITIONS DOWNSTREAM FROM
   APPROACHING CNTRL PLNS SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY
   FAVORABLE FOR LARGE HAIL/HIGH WIND AND A FEW TORNADOES.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
   
   
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