Tornado Watch 182

Issued

May 1, 2001, 3:00 PM CDT (20:00 UTC)

Expired

May 1, 2001, 9:00 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WWUS9 KMKC 011945
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SEL2  
MKC WW 011939
IAZ000-MNZ000-WIZ000-020200-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 182
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
239 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2001

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

   NORTHERN IOWA                               
   SOUTHERN AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA                          
   WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN                          

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 300 PM UNTIL 900
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 95 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT DODGE IOWA TO 50 MILES
NORTHWEST OF EAU CLAIRE 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 ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND INTENSIFY
ALONG STRONG COLD FRONT NOW MOVING ACROSS WRN MN AND EXTREME NWRN
IA.  AIR MASS BECOME VERY UNSTABLE WITH SBCAPE TO 3000 J/KG. 
EXAMINATION OF WDL PROFILER AND MPX VAD WINDS SHOWS SUFFICIENT
VEERING AND INCREASING SPEED WITH HEIGHT TO SUPPORT STORM ROTATION
...WITH POTENTIAL FOR VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES.

ADDITIONAL WW WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY FROM ERN NEB INTO CENTAL AND
SWRN IA.


AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. X EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.


...WEISS

;452,0901 421,0924 421,0963 452,0941;

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.