TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 207 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

115 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST IOWA NORTHWEST MISSOURI CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEBRASKA* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 115 PM UNTIL 700 PM CDT.  COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH: ADAIR, ADAMS, AUDUBON, CASS, CARROLL, CRAWFORD, DALLAS, GUTHRIE, FREMONT, MADISON MILLS, MONTGOMERY, PAGE, POTTAWATTAMIE, HARRISON, SHELBY, AND SAC.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE…A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 90 MPH LIKELY SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF BROKEN BOW NEBRASKA TO 70 MILES EAST OF SHENANDOAH IOWA.

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.