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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 229

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

120 PM CDT Tue May 26 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Central Iowa



* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 120 PM until

  800 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms forming over southern Iowa and northern

Missouri will track northward across the watch area, posing a

localized risk of brief tornadoes and gusty/damaging winds.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 70 statute miles

east and west of a line from 30 miles north northwest of Mason City

IA to 25 miles east of Lamoni IA. For a complete depiction of the

watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



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.



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AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean

storm motion vector 18030.



...Hart

