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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 196
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WW0196 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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   SEL6
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 196
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   750 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   
   * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
     EAST-CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST IOWA
     NORTHERN ILLINOIS
     FAR SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
     WEST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN
     LAKE MICHIGAN
   
   * EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 750 PM
     UNTIL 300 AM 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 70 MPH POSSIBLE
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES WEST
   SOUTHWEST OF LA CROSSE WISCONSIN TO 40 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF
   MARSEILLES ILLINOIS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE
   THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
   
   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.
   
   &&
   
   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 190...WW 191...WW
   192...WW 193...WW 194...WW 195...
   
   DISCUSSION...TSTMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND
   INTENSITY ACROSS THE WATCH AREA LATE THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT AS
   THE REGION IS INFLUENCED BY A MIDLEVEL VORTICITY MAXIMUM PROGRESSING
   THROUGH THE LOWER-MO VALLEY.  00Z REGIONAL SOUNDINGS INDICATE THE
   PRESENCE OF A MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR MASS WHICH WHEN COUPLED WITH A
   STRENGTHENING DEEP-LAYER WIND FIELD WILL PROMOTE ORGANIZED STORM
   STRUCTURES CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.
   
   AVIATION...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.
   
   
   ...MEAD
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