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Tornado Watch 187
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WW0187 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
High Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Very Low

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   SEL7
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 187
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   810 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   
   * TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
     NORTHEASTERN IOWA
     WESTERN ANDN NORTHERN ILLINOIS
     SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
     FAR NORTHEAST MISSOURI
     WESTERN AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN
   
   * EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 810 PM
     UNTIL 300 AM CDT.
   
   * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
     SEVERAL TORNADOES POSSIBLE
     NUMEROUS DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY
     SEVERAL LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTH OF LONEROCK
   WISCONSIN TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BURLINGTON IOWA.  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 180...WW 181...WW
   182...WW 183...WW 184...WW 185...WW 186...
   
   DISCUSSION...NUMEROUS BANDS/CLUSTERS OF TSTMS EXPECTED TO AFFECT WW
   AREA THIS EVE THROUGH EARLY MON AS MOIST...SSWLY LLJ NOCTURNALLY
   STRENGTHENS AND SWLY MID-LVL FLOW INTENSIFIES WITH THE CONTINUED NE
   ADVANCE OF 70+ KT MID SPEED MAX IN E QUADRANT OF NEB UPR LOW.
   ACTIVITY MAY INCLUDE A FEW SUSTAINED STORMS...SUPERCELLS...AND LEWPS
   WITH A RISK FOR DMGG WIND...HAIL...AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES DESPITE
   LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING.
   
   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 22035.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
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