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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 247
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
625 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  WESTERN IOWA
  SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA
  EASTERN NEBRASKA
  SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA

* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 625 PM
  UNTIL 200 AM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE
  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS LIKELY WITH A FEW SIGNIFICANT GUSTS
    TO 80 MPH POSSIBLE
  SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2
    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF
BROOKINGS SOUTH DAKOTA TO 20 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF BEATRICE
NEBRASKA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 239...WW 240...WW
241...WW 242...WW 243...WW 244...WW 245...WW 246...

DISCUSSION...AIDED BY FAVORABLE LARGE-SCALE FORCING FOR UPWARD
VERTICAL MOTION...VIGOROUS CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE SPREADING NORTH NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE MID MISSOURI
VALLEY AREA THIS EVENING.  COINCIDING WITH SOUTHERLY LOW-LEVEL
INTENSIFICATION TO 50-60 KT...THE RISK FOR STRONG SURFACE GUSTS
PROBABLY WILL INCREASE...ALONG WITH A CONTINUING RISK FOR TORNADOES
AND SEVERE HAIL...AT LEAST INTO THE 05-07Z TIME FRAME.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 25040.


...KERR