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IAZ000-MNZ000-WIZ000-260700-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 367

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

710 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       NORTHEAST IOWA

       SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA

       MUCH OF WISCONSIN



EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 710 PM UNTIL

200 AM CDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF

WAUSAU WISCONSIN TO 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LONEROCK WISCONSIN.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



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 359. WATCH NUMBER 359 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER

710 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 358...WW 360...WW 361...WW 363...WW

362...WW 364...WW 365...WW 366...



DISCUSSION...CLUSTERS OF INTENSE TSTMS/SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO

CONTINUE E ACROSS WI THIS EVENING...AHEAD OF STRONG ENE-MOVING UPR

IMPULSE NOW EXITING THE DAKOTAS.  ALTHOUGH DOWNSTREAM WARM SECTOR

OVER THE UPR MS VLY IS NOT EXTREMELY WARM/MOIST...FAVORABLE

KINEMATIC FIELD WILL OVERSPREAD REGION AS BOUNDARY LAYER CONTINUES

TO DESTABILIZE FROM THE WSW.  COUPLED WITH EXISTING SUSTAINED

SUPERCELLS...AND POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT ALONG DIFFUSE

WARM FRONT EXTENDING SEWD FROM NEAR EAU...THREAT WILL EXIST FOR

TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO SVR HAIL/WIND.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26035.





...CORFIDI

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