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Tornado Watch 705
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WW0705 Radar
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   SEL5
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 705
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   525 PM CDT SAT JUL 19 2008
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          NORTHERN IOWA
          SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
          CENTRAL AND WESTERN WISCONSIN
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 525 PM UNTIL
   1000 PM 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 70 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
   WAUSAU WISCONSIN TO 40 MILES SOUTH OF FORT DODGE IOWA.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
   
   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 702...WW 703...WW 704...
   
   DISCUSSION...STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ESEWD
   ACROSS WW THIS EVENING...INTO MODERATE TO STRONG INSTABILITY.  LATE
   AFTERNOON STORMS HAVE BEEN LOOSELY ORGANIZED IN THE FORM OF CLUSTERS
   AND A FEW SUPERCELLS...WITH SHEAR REMAINING SUPPORTIVE OF SUPERCELLS
   AND POSSIBLE EVOLUTION INTO BOW SEGMENTS THIS EVENING.  LARGE HAIL
   AND DAMAGING WINDS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAINFALL...ARE EXPECTED OVER
   MUCH OF THE WATCH AREA.  IN ADDITION...ISOLATED TORNADOES REMAIN
   POSSIBLE  AS STORMS INTERACT WITH SURFACE BOUNDARY OVER CENTRAL WI
   AND INGEST VERY UNSTABLE AIR ACROSS NRN IA.
   
   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 28030.
   
   
   ...EVANS
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