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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 479

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

335 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  WESTERN IOWA

  NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS

  EASTERN NEBRASKA

  EXTREME SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 335 PM UNTIL

  900 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS

    TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF

SPENCER IOWA TO 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA KANSAS.  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.



&&



DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE WILL DEVELOP DURING THE

NEXT FEW HOURS ALONG A SURFACE BOUNDARY EXTENDING FROM NORTH CENTRAL

KS INTO EASTERN NEB AND WESTERN IA.  PARAMETERS APPEAR FAVORABLE FOR

A FEW SUPERCELL STORMS IN THIS REGION...CAPABLE OF VERY LARGE

HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND PERHAPS A FEW TORNADOES.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25030.





...HART

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WWUS20 KWNS 312032

SEL9

SPC WW 312032

IAZ000-KSZ000-NEZ000-SDZ000-010200-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 479

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

335 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  WESTERN IOWA

  NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS

  EASTERN NEBRASKA

  EXTREME SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 335 PM UNTIL

  900 PM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS

    TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF

SPENCER IOWA TO 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA KANSAS.  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.



&&



DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE WILL DEVELOP DURING THE

NEXT FEW HOURS ALONG A SURFACE BOUNDARY EXTENDING FROM NORTH CENTRAL

KS INTO EASTERN NEB AND WESTERN IA.  PARAMETERS APPEAR FAVORABLE FOR

A FEW SUPERCELL STORMS IN THIS REGION...CAPABLE OF VERY LARGE

HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND PERHAPS A FEW TORNADOES.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25030.





...HART

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