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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 113
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WW0113 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL3
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 113
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   915 AM CDT WED APR 17 2013
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   
   * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
     SOUTHERN IOWA
     NORTHERN ILLINOIS
     NORTHERN MISSOURI
     LAKE MICHIGAN
   
   * EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 915 AM
     UNTIL 500 PM CDT.
   
   * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
     SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS WITH A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2
       INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
     SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST OF
   LAMONI IOWA TO 50 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF MARSEILLES ILLINOIS. 
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
   
   PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
   
   REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
   FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY
   DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.
   
   &&
   
   DISCUSSION...VIGOROUS THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED TO
   PERSIST ALONG A WARM FRONTAL ZONE EXTENDING ACROSS THE WATCH
   AREA...INTO AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS.  SEVERE HAIL IS
   PROBABLE IN STRONGER CELLS.  THE EVOLUTION OF AN INCREASINGLY
   ORGANIZED CLUSTER OF STORMS IS POSSIBLE BY THIS
   AFTERNOON...ACCOMPANIED BY AN INCREASING RISK FOR POTENTIALLY
   DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 50
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 26040.
   
   
   ...KERR
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