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Tornado Watch 180
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Very Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Low Low

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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 180
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   110 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   
   * TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
     CENTRAL AND EASTERN IOWA
     SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA
     WESTERN WISCONSIN
   
   * EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 110 PM UNTIL
     900 PM CDT.
   
   * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
     A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE
     SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE
     A FEW LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 105 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 70 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
   REDWOOD FALLS MINNESOTA TO 25 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF WATERLOO
   IOWA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED
   WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
   
   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 179...
   
   DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO
   INCREASE AND INTENSIFY NEAR A CONVECTIVELY GENERATED CYCLONIC
   VORTICITY CENTER AS IT MIGRATES NORTHWARD FROM IOWA INTO SOUTHERN
   MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON.  AIDED BY AMBIENT VERTICAL VORTICITY...AND
   BOUNDARY LAYER DESTABILIZATION...SUPERCELL STRUCTURES ARE
   POSSIBLE...WITH A RISK FOR TORNADOES...IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND
   POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 55 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26030.
   
   
   ...KERR
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