RED = TORNADOES
BLUE = SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
Posted on 05/25/2008 4:13:37 PM PDT by janetjanet998
NORTHEAST IOWA
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
MUCH OF WISCONSIN
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 367
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
710 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHEAST IOWA
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
MUCH OF WISCONSIN
EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 710 PM UNTIL
200 AM CDT.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 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 90 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF
WAUSAU WISCONSIN TO 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LONEROCK WISCONSIN.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).
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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 359. WATCH NUMBER 359 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER
710 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 358...WW 360...WW 361...WW 363...WW
362...WW 364...WW 365...WW 366...
DISCUSSION...CLUSTERS OF INTENSE TSTMS/SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE E ACROSS WI THIS EVENING...AHEAD OF STRONG ENE-MOVING UPR
IMPULSE NOW EXITING THE DAKOTAS. ALTHOUGH DOWNSTREAM WARM SECTOR
OVER THE UPR MS VLY IS NOT EXTREMELY WARM/MOIST...FAVORABLE
KINEMATIC FIELD WILL OVERSPREAD REGION AS BOUNDARY LAYER CONTINUES
TO DESTABILIZE FROM THE WSW. COUPLED WITH EXISTING SUSTAINED
SUPERCELLS...AND POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT ALONG DIFFUSE
WARM FRONT EXTENDING SEWD FROM NEAR EAU...THREAT WILL EXIST FOR
TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO SVR HAIL/WIND.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26035.
Reports are this tornado has been up to a mile wide at times...been on the ground for more than 75 miles now.
Dubuque Iowa is going to be under the gun from this one....
Thanks for posting Janet. One child confirmed dead in Hugo, a northern Twin Cities suburb.
Stay save everyone.
What channel was that? There are some amazing pics at wcco.com. Total destruction, unfortunately.
That’s gonna be a record. Worries and prayers.
Reports from Fayette, Iowa — finding personal effects - photos, tax records, etc. from Parkersburg, Iowa over 50 miles away.
Why I think this SHOULD stay in breaking news:
You said: “People who are interested will use the search function . . .”
My point is — some people may not EVEN realize something is going on. How can they search for something they know nothing about?
That’s the purpose of Breaking News. To bring it to people’s attention.
You’re not a moderator, are you?
Just askin’ . . . .
Nope. Not a moderator. Just trying to keep the thread clean from all the fights with moderators. That way it wont get pulled like yesterdays thread was.
kwwl went live with their coverage as soon as the race wrap-up was completed.
They are telling Dubuque residents to prepare to take cover.
With 1 dead and twenty missing, I think it has to have been caused by muslim terrorists or illegal mexican immigrants rather than weather to be in breaking news.
I’m watching KCRG’s stream....sounds ugly. Parkersburg hit bad...Dunkerton too.
KCRG TV reporting at least 14 people with storm injuries in a Allen Hospital in Waterloo...
I was involved with that thread yesterday it was amazing video from the chopper and the ground crews. Real time tornadoes forming right before our eyes!
The Mod(s) on that thread were very defensive and abusive about their decison to remove the thread from Breaking News. I did not realize that the thread had been removed from FR until you mentioned it here. You are right it is totally gone. I would be ashamed to have that particular thread hanging around if I were them also!
The mere mention of mods and this thread was pulled out of breaking news. (Go look for yourself)
Let’s all just stick to what the thread is about... Current severe weather and tornado outbreaks in the heart of the country. If we don’t we will see the thread end up in chat or possibly deleted.
Thanks! Here’s a pic of what used to be a house, and an SUV on its side:
http://wcco.com/slideshows/hugo.tornado.damage.20.732675.html?rid=19
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