432  
WWUS20 KWNS 290030  
SEL5  
SPC WW 290030  
IAZ000-MNZ000-WIZ000-290700-  
 
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 185  
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK  
730 PM CDT MON APR 28 2025  
 
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A  
 
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF  
FAR NORTHEAST IOWA  
EXTREME SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA  
WESTERN AND NORTHERN WISCONSIN  
 
* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 730 PM  
UNTIL 200 AM CDT.  
 
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...  
A FEW TORNADOES LIKELY WITH A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE  
SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS  
TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE  
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS  
TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE  
 
SUMMARY...A BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE  
QUICKLY EAST-NORTHEASTWARD THIS EVENING AND INTO THE EARLY OVERNIGHT  
HOURS. A FEW TORNADOES AND SCATTERED SEVERE/DAMAGING SHOULD BE THE  
MAIN THREATS WITH THIS ACTIVITY, BUT SOME LARGE HAIL MAY ALSO OCCUR  
WITH ANY EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS.  
 
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50 STATUTE MILES  
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF WAUSAU WI  
TO 45 MILES SOUTH OF LA CROSSE WI. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE  
WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).  
 
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.  
 

 
 
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 180...WW 181...WW  
182...WW 183...WW 184...  
 
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL  
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND  
GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN  
STORM MOTION VECTOR 26040.  
 
...GLEASON  
 
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