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Tornado Watch 194
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WW0194 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL4
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 194
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   505 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL INTO NORTHEAST IOWA
          FAR NORTHWEST ILLINOIS
          NORTHEAST KANSAS
          NORTHWEST INTO NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
          SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON FROM 505 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
   GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
   AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF
   EMPORIA KANSAS TO 60 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF DUBUQUE IOWA.  FOR
   A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
   
   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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
   WATCH NUMBER 191. WATCH NUMBER 191 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER
   505 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 190...WW 192...WW 193...
   
   DISCUSSION...ACTIVE EVENING ON TAP WITH LARGE...BROKEN LINE OF
   STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ENEWD FROM NERN
   KS INTO CENTRAL IA/NWRN MO.  ADDITIONAL CLUSTER OF STORMS IS NEAR
   SURFACE WARM FRONT OVER NERN IA/SWRN WI AND IS BEING AIDED BY WEAK
   SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVING INTO THE REGION.  SHEAR IS QUITE IMPRESSIVE
   ACROSS THE REGION AND WILL SUPPORT THREAT OF SUPERCELLS AND POSSIBLE
   TORNADOES WITH ANY SURFACE-BASED ACTIVITY.  LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
   WINDS ARE ADDITIONAL HAZARDS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAINFALL.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.
   
   
   ...EVANS
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