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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 180
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1230 PM CDT MON APR 28 2025
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHWEST IOWA
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
EXTREME SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA
* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1230 PM UNTIL
800 PM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
A FEW TORNADOES LIKELY WITH A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
WIDESPREAD LARGE HAIL AND SCATTERED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 3
INCHES IN DIAMETER LIKELY
SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS
TO 80 MPH POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG A
SURFACE FRONT WILL DEVELOP EAST/NORTHEAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE TO VERY LARGE
HAIL, DAMAGING WIND GUSTS, AND A FEW TORNADOES.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 40 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 85 MILES NORTH OF REDWOOD FALLS MN TO
30 MILES WEST OF STORM LAKE IA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE
WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
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.
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 500. MEAN
STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.
...LEITMAN
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