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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 256

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

640 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL AND EASTERN WISCONSIN

  LAKE MICHIGAN



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 640 PM

  UNTIL 100 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WITH A FEW SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 80

    MPH POSSIBLE

  A FEW LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF

RHINELANDER WISCONSIN TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JANESVILLE

WISCONSIN.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO

WATCH NUMBER 250. WATCH NUMBER 250 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER

640 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 251...WW 252...WW 253...WW 254...WW

255...



DISCUSSION...RISK FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...PERHAPS A COUPLE OF

TORNADOES...PROBABLY WILL CONTINUE AT LEAST ANOTHER FEW HOURS WITH A

SQUALL LINE ADVANCING NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH CENTRAL AND EASTERN

WISCONSIN.  BEFORE ACTIVITY WEAKENS IN A STABILIZING

ENVIRONMENT...GREATEST SEVERE THREAT PROBABLY EXISTS ACROSS

SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE MILWAUKEE METROPOLITAN AREA

BY SHORTLY AFTER 01Z.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23040.





...KERR

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