Tornado Watch 400

Issued

Jun 1, 2000, 1:45 PM CDT (18:45 UTC)

Expired

Jun 1, 2000, 8:00 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 400
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
131 PM CDT THU JUN 1 2000

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

   NORTHEAST IOWA                               
   SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA                          
   CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN                          
   WESTERN LAKE MICHIGAN

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 145 PM UNTIL 800
PM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 120 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTH OF LONEROCK WISCONSIN TO 50 MILES
NORTHEAST OF CAMP DOUGLAS WISCONSIN.

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...THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE/
INTENSITY DURING THE NEXT 1-2 HOURS INVOF SURFACE WAVE NOW OVER SE
MN.  ACTIVITY SHOULD DEVELOP E ALONG STATIONARY FRONT INTO SRN
WI...WITH A FEW SLIGHTLY ELEVATED STORMS ALSO EXPECTED NWD INTO
CENTRAL WI.  SUFFICIENT 0-6 KM SHEAR /35 KTS/ AND INSTABILITY /CAPE
4000 J/KG/ PRESENT PER 18Z DVN SOUNDING TO SUPPORT SUPERCELLS WITH
LARGE HAIL/BOWS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25035.

...CORFIDI

442,0870 422,0874 422,0923 442,0915

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.