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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 57

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

330 PM CDT Thu Mar 19 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  southern Iowa

  northern Missouri

  southeast Nebraska



* Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 330 PM until

  1100 PM CDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes possible

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter likely

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Storms including a few supercells are expected to continue

developing this afternoon into the evening, posing a risk for large

hail, tornadoes and damaging wind.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 120 statute miles

east and west of a line from 35 miles north northeast of Des Moines

IA to 10 miles east southeast of Falls City NE. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 56...



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 24035.



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