Tornado Watch 469

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 469
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
915 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
EASTERN IOWA
SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA
WESTERN WISCONSIN
EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 915 PM
UNTIL 500 AM CDT.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 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 70 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF
OTTUMWA IOWA TO 40 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF EAU CLAIRE 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.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...
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DISCUSSION...INTENSE S/WV TROUGH/MID LEVEL WIND MAX WILL MOVE NEWD
FROM PLAINS ACROSS WATCH AREA OVERNIGHT. WITH A VERY
MOIST...UNSTABLE WARM SECTOR S OF E/W WARM FRONT SRN MN...CONDITIONS
ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE ONGOING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WRN IA TO
CONDITION WITH INCREASING THREAT OF ORGANIZED DAMAGING WINDS
ASSOCIATED WITH BOWS. EMBEDDED TORNADIC SUPERCELLS ALSO LIKELY
PARTICULARLY NEAR THE WARM FRONT INTERSECTION.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22050.
...HALES