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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 130

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

150 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  WESTERN AND CENTRAL IOWA

  SOUTHERN MINNESOTA

  NORTHEAST NEBRASKA

  SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 150 PM UNTIL

  900 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  WIDESPREAD LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL

    EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF

REDWOOD FALLS MINNESOTA TO 65 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DES MOINES IOWA.

 FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



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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DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE ONGOING OVER PARTS OF NORTHERN IA AND

SOUTHERN MN.  OTHER STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM OVER EASTERN NEB AND

SPREAD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  SUPERCELLS

CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND A FEW TORNADOES ARE

EXPECTED.



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 24030.





...HART

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