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Tornado Watch 183
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WW0183 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Low Low

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   SEL3
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 183
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   300 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   
   * TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
     SOUTHERN IOWA
     NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS
     NORTHEAST MISSOURI
   
   * EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 300 PM UNTIL
     1000 PM CDT.
   
   * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
     A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE
     SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
     A FEW LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55 STATUTE
   MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF
   SHENANDOAH IOWA TO 40 MILES NORTH OF BURLINGTON IOWA.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
   
   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...WW 180...WW
   181...WW 182...
   
   DISCUSSION...STORM DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES SOUTHWARD TOWARD THE
   MISSOURI BORDER...ALONG A WIND SHIFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE
   CONVECTIVELY GENERATED CYCLONIC VORTICITY CENTER MIGRATING NORTHWARD
   THROUGH THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.  ADDITIONAL STORMS CONTINUE TO
   DEVELOP AND INTENSIFY...WHILE SPREADING NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE
   MIDDLE MISSOURI VALLEY...IN THE EXIT REGION OF THE NEXT MID-LEVEL
   JET STRONG NOSING THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS.  STRONGEST STORMS MAY
   INCLUDE A FEW SUPERCELLS ACROSS THE WATCH AREA INTO EARLY
   EVENING...WITH A RISK FOR LARGE HAIL...LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS
   AND POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.
   
   
   ...KERR
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