URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 93
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1145 AM CDT FRI MAR 31 2023
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND EASTERN IOWA
WESTERN ILLINOIS
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI
SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN
* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1145 AM UNTIL
800 PM CDT.
..THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
NUMEROUS TORNADOES EXPECTED WITH A FEW INTENSE TORNADOES LIKELY
WIDESPREAD LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 3
INCHES IN DIAMETER LIKELY
WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY
SUMMARY...INTENSE SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
THIS AFTERNOON AND SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.
TORNADOES, LARGE HAIL, AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE ALL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
ACTIVITY. PARAMETERS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR
STRONG/VIOLENT TORNADOES AND VERY LARGE HAIL.