Particularly Dangerous Situation! Tornado Watch 359

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 359
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
205 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
PARTS OF NORTHERN IOWA
MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA
MUCH OF WESTERN WISCONSIN
EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 205 PM UNTIL 900
PM CDT.
...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...
DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 3 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 85 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF
FAIRMONT MINNESOTA TO 50 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF LA CROSSE
WISCONSIN. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).
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...RAPIDLY DESTABILIZATION AIR MASS AHEAD OF COLD FRONT
ALONG WITH STRONG MID/UPPER JET PROVIDING PARAMETERS FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THE E/W BOUNDARY FROM EARLIER CONVECTION
WILL ENHANCE SHEAR PROFILES AND TORNADIC SUPERCELL POTENTIAL. THERE
IS THE THREAT FOR LONG LIVED SUPERCELLS TO DEVELOP WITH ASSOCIATED
STRONG TORNADOES.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.
...HALES
. IOWA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ALLAMAKEE CERRO GORDO CHICKASAW
CLAYTON EMMET FAYETTE
FLOYD HANCOCK HOWARD
KOSSUTH MITCHELL PALO ALTO
WINNEBAGO WINNESHIEK WORTH
MINNESOTA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ANOKA BLUE EARTH BROWN
CARVER CHISAGO DAKOTA
DODGE FARIBAULT FILLMORE
FREEBORN GOODHUE HENNEPIN
HOUSTON ISANTI KANDIYOHI
LE SUEUR MARTIN MCLEOD
MEEKER MOWER NICOLLET
OLMSTED RAMSEY RENVILLE
RICE SCOTT SHERBURNE
SIBLEY STEELE WABASHA
WASECA WASHINGTON WATONWAN
WINONA WRIGHT
WISCONSIN COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
BARRON BUFFALO CHIPPEWA
CLARK CRAWFORD DUNN
EAU CLAIRE GRANT JACKSON
LA CROSSE MONROE PEPIN
PIERCE POLK RICHLAND
RUSK ST. CROIX TAYLOR
TREMPEALEAU VERNON
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 359 IN
EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN IOWA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 7 COUNTIES
IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA
CERRO GORDO HANCOCK KOSSUTH
WINNEBAGO WORTH
IN NORTHWEST IOWA
EMMET PALO ALTO
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ALGONA...EMMETSBURG...ESTHERVILLE...
FOREST CITY...GARNER...MASON CITY AND NORTHWOOD.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 359 IN
EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN IOWA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES
IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA
FLOYD MITCHELL
IN NORTHEAST IOWA
ALLAMAKEE CHICKASAW CLAYTON
FAYETTE HOWARD WINNESHIEK
IN MINNESOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 7 COUNTIES
IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
DODGE FILLMORE HOUSTON
MOWER OLMSTED WABASHA
WINONA
IN WISCONSIN THIS WATCH INCLUDES 11 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN
CLARK
IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
TAYLOR
IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN
CRAWFORD GRANT RICHLAND
VERNON
IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
BUFFALO JACKSON LA CROSSE
MONROE TREMPEALEAU
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...AUSTIN...CALEDONIA...CHARLES CITY...
CRESCO...DECORAH...DODGE CENTER...ELKADER...FRANKLIN...GLENDALE...
INDEPENDENCE...LA CROSSE...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...NEW HAMPTON...
OELWEIN...ONALASKA...OSAGE...PLATTEVILLE...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...
RICHLAND CENTER...ROCHESTER...RUSHFORD...VIROQUA...WABASHA...
WAUKON AND WINONA.